Ethernet
ä Standardized in IEEE 802.3
ä Based on DIX (Dec/Intel/Xerox) 10 Mbps
Ethernet standard, which is based in turn on the
Xerox Ethernet developed by Metcalf and
Boggs
ä Sending station listens while sending. If data
sent differs from data received, assume
collision and execute following protocol:
ä after i successive collisions, pick a random number
between 0 and 2**i - 1 and skip that number of slots
(one slot is 512 bits times long)
ä interval frozen after 10 collisions (at 1023)
ä abort sending if 16 attempts failed