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Medium access control

In IEEE 802 LAN/MAN standards, the medium access control (MAC), also called media access control, is the layer that controls the hardware responsible for interaction with the wired (electrical or optical) or wireless transmission medium. The MAC sublayer and the logical link control (LLC) sublayer together make up the data link layer. The LLC provides…

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Functions performed in the MAC sublayer

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Channel access control mechanism

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Medium access control

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mac layer control access transmission network physical data medium 802 llc sublayer channel also ieee networks method link ethernet used

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