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Carrier-Sense Multiple-Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA)

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Used to improve the performance of CSMA by attempting to be less "greedy" on the channel. If the channel is sensed busy before transmission then the transmission is deferred for a "random" interval. This reduces the probability of collisions on the channel.

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