Medium access control
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medium-access-control-178-13873001
title:
Medium access control
text:
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 or wireless transmission medium. The MAC sublayer and the logical link control (LLC) sublayer together make up the data link layer. The LLC provides flow control and multiplexing for the logical link, while the MAC provides flow control and multiplexing for the transmission medium. These two sublayers together corresp
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Service layer in IEEE 802 network standards
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_access_control
date created:
2003-04-08T17:21:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T17:23:38Z
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