Channel access method
MEANS FOR MORE THAN TWO TERMINALS TO COMMUNICATE OVER ONE MEDIUM
Multiple access; Channel access; Multiple access method; Multiple-access protocol; Channel access methods; Multiple access protocols; Multiple access protocol; Power-division multiple access; Time and Frequency division multiple access
In telecommunications and computer networks, a channel access method or multiple access method allows more than two terminals connected to the same transmission medium to transmit over it and to share its capacity. Examples of shared physical media are wireless networks, bus networks, ring networks and point-to-point links operating in half-duplex mode.