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CSMA/CA/CD AND IEEE STANDARDS
We had a request from one of our international distributors for a
statement of the relationship between CSMA/CA/CD and Post-Ack as
implemented in an LNIM, and the CSMA/CD standard CSMA/CD as
defined in the IEEE 802.3. What are the exact differences in protocol
and in what way does the LNIM protocol exceed and improve on the IEEE
standard.
This was our reply:
1. 802.3 is the standard Ethernet protocol.
2. G/NET protocol is propriety but is similar because it has CSMA/CD
. . . plus it has collision avoidance (CD) capability.
3. 802.3 does not have collision avoidance.
4. 802.3 protocol does not support positive acknowledgement whereas
G/NET LAN does. Positive acknowledgement is necessary because
collision detection/error detection is not always foolproof.
5. In an 802.3 environment, positive ack. must be performed at the
application level thus requiring more overhead and longer response time.
6. G/NET employs 2 positive methods of collision detection.
1) CRC error
2) Carrier detect during a quiet period
7. 802.3 employs an analog scheme for detecting collisions - which od
course makes it very sensitive to cable type, quality, distance, and
distance between taps.
8. Both systems employ a backoff interval after a collision to assure
the same 2 stations will not collide again.