Why does Wi-Fi avoid collisions instead of detecting them?
Wired Ethernet uses CSMA/CD: it detects a collision while transmitting and stops.
Wi-Fi uses CSMA/CA, which tries to avoid collisions instead. Why the difference?
Wired Ethernet uses CSMA/CD: it detects a collision while transmitting and stops.
Wi-Fi uses CSMA/CA, which tries to avoid collisions instead. Why the difference?