Unit 3

Unit – 3 MULTIPLE ACCESS
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Overview
Random access
• ALOHA,
• Pure ALOHA, Slotted ALOHA
• CSMA
• CSMA/CD
• CSMA/CA
Controlled access
• Reservation
• Polling
• Token Passing
Channelisation
• FDMA
• TDMA
• CDMA
Multiple Access
In data link control protocols (Simplest stop & ARQ…) it is
assumed that there is dedicated link between the sender
and receiver.
Data link layer divided into two functionality-oriented
sublayers
Upper sublayer is responsible for data link (flow and error)
control (LLC).
Lower sublayer is responsible for resolving access to the
shared media (MAC).
Multiple access protocol coordinates to access the link
(media)

Multiple Access
Many protocols have been devised to handle shared link
and are mainly categorized into three groups

RANDOM ACCESS
In random access or contention methods, no station is superior
to another station and none is assigned the control over
another. No station permits, or does not permit, another station
to send. At each instance, a station that has data to send uses a
procedure defined by the protocol to make a decision on
whether or not to send.
Two features gives the method its name:

• Transmission is random among stations.
• Stations compete with one another to access the medium.
Collision: an access conflict occurs when more than
one station tries to send, as a result the frame will
be either destroyed or modified.
ALOHA
Developed at the University of Hawaii (US) in early 1970
and designed for wireless LAN, but can be used on any
shared medium.
Original ALOHA protocol is called pure ALOHA
A node sends the frame whenever it has a frame to send.
Medium is shared between the stations, there is
possibility of collision between frames from different
stations.
The ''frame time- Tfr '' denotes the amount of time needed
to transmit the standard, fixed-length frame.
Vulnerable time : Time in which there is a possibility of
collision.
Vulnerable time = 2 * Tfr

Pure ALOHA
Frames in a pure ALOHA network

ALOHA
A collision involves two more stations. If all the stations try

to send their frames after the time-out, the frames will collide
again.
To avoid collision stations will try again in random period,
this time is the back-off time TB.
The formula for TB depends on the implementation.
Binary exponential back-off method is used.
Each retransmission a multiplier in the range 0 to 2k-1 is
randomly chosen and multiplied by TP (Max propagation
time) or Tfr (the average time required to send out a frame)
The value of Kmax is usually chosen as 15

Pure ALOHA
Procedure for pure ALOHA protocol

Example
The stations on a wireless ALOHA network are a maximum of
600 km apart. If we assume that signals propagate at 3 × 108
m/s, Then
Tp = (600 × 105 ) / (3 × 108 ) = 2 ms.
The value of TB for different values of K .
a. For K = 1, the range is {0, 1} (0, 2K-1). The station
generates a random number 0 or 1. The value of TB is 0 ms
(0 × 2) or 2 ms (1 × 2)
b. For K = 2, the range is {0, 1, 2, 3} (0, 2K-1) . The TB can be
0, 2, 4, or 6 ms
c. For K = 3, the range is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}. The TB can be
0, 2, 4, . . . , 14 ms

Vulnerable time for pure ALOHA protocol
Vulnerable time, in which there is possibility of collision.
A sends at time t, B has already sent frame between (t-Tfr) and t. The end
B’s frame collide with beginning of A’s frame
C sends between time t and (t+Tfr), Here collision between station A and B
Vulnerable time =2*Tfr

Example
A pure ALOHA network transmits 200-bit frames on a shared

channel of 200 kbps. What is the requirement to make this
frame collision-free?
Solution
Average frame transmission time Tfr is 200 bits/200 kbps or 1
ms. The vulnerable time is 2 × 1 ms = 2 ms. This means no
station should send later than 1 ms before this station starts
transmission and no station should start sending during the one
1-ms period that this station is sending.

ALOHA
Throughput

ALOHA
The ''frame time'' denotes the amount of time needed to

transmit the standard, fixed-length frame.
Infinite population of users generates new frames
according to a Poisson distribution with mean N frames
per frame time.
In addition to the new frames, the stations also generate
retransmissions of frames that previously suffered
collisions.
Let us further assume that the probability of k
transmission attempts per frame time, old and new
combined, is also Poisson, with mean G per frame time.
(G  N )
At low load : (G  N )
At high load G > N.
Poisson distribution
 k e
f (k ,  ) 
k!
e is the base of the natural logarithm (e = 2.71828)

k is the number of occurrences of an event - the probability of which is given by the
function
k! is the factorial of k
λ is a positive real number, equal to the expected number of occurrences
Some examples of such situations are
i) Telephone trunk lines with a large number of subscribers and the probability of
telephone lines being available is very small.
ii) Traffic problems with repeated occurrence of events such as accidents whose
probability is very small,
iii) Many industrial processes undergoing mass scale production with probability of
events as 'faults' or 'breakdowns' being very small, etc.
ALOHA
G is the average frames generated by the system during Tfr
Under all loads, the Throughput, S, is:
The offered load, G, times the probability, P0, of a
transmission succeeding
S = GP0, where P0 is the probability that a frame does not
suffer a collision.
The probability that k frames are generated during a given
frame time by the Poisson distribution:
G k eG
Pr[k ] 
-G
k!
Probability of zero frames: e
In an interval two frames number of frames generated is 2G
Probability that no other traffic during vulnerable period
P0= e-2G
S = G e-2G
ALOHA
The maximum throughput occurs at G = 0.5, with S = 1/2e, which is about
0.184. In other words, the best we can hope for is a channel utilization of
18 percent.
S = G e -2G
dS
 G (-2)e-2G +e -2G *1
dG
dS
 e-2G (1-2G) =0
dG
(1-2G) =0
1
G=
2

The throughput for pure ALOHA is
S = G × e −2G .
The maximum throughput
Smax = 0.184 when G= (1/2).

Example
A pure ALOHA network transmits 200-bit frames on a shared

channel of 200 kbps. What is the throughput if the system (all
stations together) produces
a. 1000 frames per second b. 500 frames per second
c. 250 frames per second.
Solution
The frame transmission time is 200/200 kbps or 1 ms.
a. If the system creates 1000 frames per second, this is 1
frame per millisecond. The load is 1 (G=1000*1ms=1). In
this case S = G× e−2 G or S = 0.135 (13.5 percent). This
means that the throughput is 1000 × 0.135 = 135 frames.
Only 135 frames out of 1000 will probably survive.

Example
b. If the system creates 500 frames per second, this is

(1/2) frame per millisecond. The load is G=500*1ms=0.5. In
this case S = G × e −2G or S = 0.184 (18.4 percent). This
means that the throughput is 500 × 0.184 = 92 and that
only 92 frames out of 500 will probably survive. Note
that this is the maximum throughput case,
percentagewise.
c. If the system creates 250 frames per second, this is (1/4)

frame per millisecond. The load is 250*1ms=0.25. In this
case S = G × e −2G or S = 0.152 (15.2 percent). This means
that the throughput is 250 × 0.152 = 38. Only 38
frames out of 250 will probably survive.
ALOHA
Slotted ALOHA

Slotted ALOHA
Slotted ALOHA: Assumptions
All frames are of same size.

Time is divided into slots of size L/R seconds time (equal size
slots)
• R: Time to transmit 1 frame
Start to transmit frames only at beginning of slots
Nodes are synchronized so that each node knows when the
slots begin.
If two or more frames collide in a slot, then all the nodes detect
the collision event before the slot ends.
Slotted ALOHA
Slotted ALOHA: Operation
when node obtains fresh frame, it transmits in next slot

If no collision is detected , node can send new frame in next
slot
If collision, node retransmits frame in each subsequent slot
with prob. p until success
Vulnerable time = Tfr
The number of collisions is reduced. And hence, the
performance become much better compared to Pure Aloha.

Slotted ALOHA
Frames in a slotted ALOHA network

Slotted ALOHA
Vulnerable time for slotted ALOHA protocol

Slotted ALOHA
Under all loads, the throughput, S, is just the offered load, G, times the
probability, P0, of a transmission succeeding—that is,
S = GP0, where P0 is the probability that a frame does not suffer a
collision.
The probability that k frames are generated during a given frame time by
the Poisson distribution:
G k eG
Pr[k ] 
k!
Probability of zero frames: e-G

In an interval one frame long – number of frames generated is G
Probability that no other traffic during vulnerable period
P0= e-G
S = G e-G

Slotted ALOHA
The throughput for slotted ALOHA is

S = G × e−G .
The maximum throughput
Smax = 0.368 when G = 1.

Example
A slotted ALOHA network transmits 200-bit frames on a

shared channel of 200 kbps. What is the throughput if the
system (all stations together) produces
a. 1000 frames per second b. 500 frames per second
c. 250 frames per second.
Solution
The frame transmission time is 200/200 kbps or 1 ms.
a. If the system creates 1000 frames per second, this is 1
frame per millisecond. The load is 1. In this case
S = G× e−G or S = 0.368 (36.8 percent). This means
that the throughput is 1000 × 0.0368 = 368 frames.

Example
b. If the system creates 500 frames per second, this is

(1/2) frame per millisecond. The load is (1/2). In this
case S = G × e−G or S = 0.303 (30.3 percent). This
means that the throughput is 500 × 0.0303 = 151.
c. If the system creates 250 frames per second, this is (1/4)

frame per millisecond. The load is (1/4). In this case
S = G × e −G or S = 0.195 (19.5 percent). This means
that the throughput is 250 × 0.195 = 49. Only 49
frames out of 250 will probably survive.

CSMA
CSMA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA)
To minimize the collision CSMA was

developed, chance of collision was
reduced
Station senses the channel before
accessing medium.
The possibility of collision still exists
because of propagation delay

Space/time model of the collision in CSMA
Area where Cs signal

Vulnerable time in CSMA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) persistence methods
1- persistence method:
If the channel is idle it sends its frame
immediately with probability 1
Collision occurs, two or more stations may find
the line idle and send their frames immediately

Nonpersistent- method:
If the line is idle it sends its frame immediately.
If the line is busy it waits random amount of time and
then senses the line again.
Reduces the collision because it is unlikely that two or
more stations will wait the same amount of time and retry

P-persistent- method:
It applies to slotted channels.
1. It senses the channel, If it is idle, it transmits with a
probability p.
2. With a probability q = 1 - p, it waits for the next slot.
If that slot is idle, it goes to step 1
If the line is busy it act as though collision has
occurred and uses the back off procedure .

Behavior of three
persistence methods

Flow diagram for three persistence methods

CSMA/CD
CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with collision detection (CSMA/CD)
Abort their transmissions as soon as they detect

a collision
Waits a random period of time, and then tries
again, assuming that no other station has
started transmitting in the meantime.
Frame transmission time must be two times the
maximum propagation time: Tfr = 2 × Tp
Energy levels: zero, Normal Abnormal.

Collision of the first bit in CSMA/CD
A transmits for a duration t4-t1

C transmits for a duration t3-t2

Collision and abortion in CSMA/CD
Once the entire frame is sent station does not keep a

copy of the frame
Tfr=2Tp

Flow diagram for the CSMA/CD

Energy level during transmission, idleness, or collision

Example
A network using CSMA/CD has a bandwidth of 10 Mbps. If the

maximum propagation time (including the delays in the devices
and ignoring the time needed to send a jamming signal, as we
see later) is 25.6 μs, what is the minimum size of the frame?
Solution
The frame transmission time is Tfr = 2 × Tp = 51.2 μs. This
means, in the worst case, a station needs to transmit for a
period of 51.2 μs to detect the collision. The minimum size of
the frame is 10 Mbps × 51.2 μs = 512 bits or 64 bytes. This is
actually the minimum size of the frame for Standard Ethernet.

CSMA/CA
CSMA/CA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA)
When there is collision the station receives two

signals: its own and the signal transmitted by a
second station.
In wired N/W received signal is the same as the
sent signal (Losses are less).
In wireless N/W much of the sent energy is lost
in transmission (Transmission Losses).
Avoid collision on wireless network because
they cannot be detected.

When channel is free waits for period of time

called the interframe space or IFS.
After IFS time the station still waits to a time
equal to the contention time
Contention window is an amount of time divided
into slots.

Timing in CSMA/CA

In CSMA/CA, the IFS can also be used to

define the priority of a station or a frame.

In CSMA/CA, if the station finds the

channel busy, it does not restart the timer of
the contention window;
it stops the timer and restarts it when the
channel becomes idle.

Flow diagram for CSMA/CA

CONTROLLED ACCESS
In controlled access, the stations consult one another to

find which station has the right to send. A station cannot
send unless it has been authorized by other stations.
Reservation
Polling
Token Passing

Reservation access method
A station must make a reservation before
sending data
Time is divided into intervals
• A reservation frame proceeds each time interval
• Number of stations and number of time slots in
the reservation frame are equal
• Each time slot belongs to a particular station

Reservation access method

Polling
Devises are categorized into:
• Primary station (PS)
• Secondary station (SS)
All data exchange must go through the primary
station
Primary station controls the link and initiates
the session
Secondary station obey the instructions of PS.
PS polls stations
• Asking SS if they have something to send
PS select a SS
• Telling it to get ready to receive data
Polling
Poll procedure

Polling
Select procedure

Polling
Select and poll functions in polling access method

Token passing
Stations in a network are organized in a logical ring, for each
station, there is a predecessor and a successor
For a station to access the channel, it must posses a token (special
packet) that gives the station the right to access the channel and send
its data
Once the station has finished its task, the token will then be passed
to the successor (next station)
The station cannot send data until it receives the token again in the
next round
Token management is necessary
• Every station is limited in the time of token possession
• Token must be monitored to ensure no lose or destroyed
• Assign priorities to the stations and to the types of data transmitted
• To make low-priority stations release the token to high priority
stations

Token passing procedure

Token passing procedure
Logical Ring
• in a token passing network, stations do not have to be physically connected
in a ring; the ring can be a logical one.

CHANNELIZATION
Channelization is a multiple-access method in which the

available bandwidth of a link is shared in time, frequency,
or through code, between different stations. In this section,
we discuss three channelization protocols.
Frequency-Division Multiple Access (FDMA)

Time-Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA)

Frequency-division multiple access (FDMA)
In FDMA, the available bandwidth

of the common channel is divided into
bands that are separated by guard bands.

Frequency-division multiple access (FDMA)

Time-division multiple access (TDMA)
In TDMA, the bandwidth is just one channel

that is timeshared between different
stations.

Time-division multiple access (TDMA)

In CDMA, one channel carries all

transmissions simultaneously.

Simple idea of communication with code

Chip sequences

Data representation in CDMA

Sharing channel in CDMA

Digital signal created by four stations in CDMA

Decoding of the composite signal for one in CDMA

General rule and examples of creating Walsh tables

The number of sequences in a Walsh table

needs to be N = 2m.

Example
Find the chips for a network with

a. Two stations b. Four stations
Solution
We can use the rows of W2 and W4 in Figure 12.29:
a. For a two-station network, we have
[+1 +1] and [+1 −1].
b. For a four-station network we have

[+1 +1 +1 +1], [+1 −1 +1 −1],
[+1 +1 −1 −1], and [+1 −1 −1 +1].

Example
What is the number of sequences if we have 90 stations in our

network?
Solution
The number of sequences needs to be 2m. We need to choose
m = 7 and N = 27 or 128. We can then use 90
of the sequences as the chips.

Example
Prove that a receiving station can get the data sent by a

specific sender if it multiplies the entire data on the channel by
the sender’s chip code and then divides it by the number of
stations.
Solution
Let us prove this for the first station, using our previous four-
station example. We can say that the data on the channel
D = (d1 ⋅ c1 + d2 ⋅ c2 + d3 ⋅ c3 + d4 ⋅ c4).
The receiver which wants to get the data sent by station 1
multiplies these data by c1.

Example
Prove that a receiving station can get the data sent by a

specific sender if it multiplies the entire data on the channel by
the sender’s chip code and then divides it by the number of
stations.
Solution
Let us prove this for the first station, using our previous four-
station example. We can say that the data on the channel
D = (d1 ⋅ c1 + d2 ⋅ c2 + d3 ⋅ c3 + d4 ⋅ c4).
The receiver which wants to get the data sent by station 1
multiplies these data by c1.

Example
A group of N stations share a 56-kbps pure ALOHA channel.
Each station outputs a 1000-bit frame on an average of once
every 100 sec, even if the previous one has not yet been sent
(e.g., the stations can buffer outgoing frames). What is the
maximum value of N?
With pure ALOHA the usable bandwidth is 0.184 × 56 kbps =

10.3 kbps.
Each station requires 10 bps, so N = 10300/10 = 1030 stations

Example
Consider the delay of pure ALOHA versus slotted ALOHA at

low load. Which one is less? Explain your answer.
With pure ALOHA, transmission can start instantly. At low load,

no collisions are expected so the transmission is likely to be
successful. With slotted ALOHA, it has to wait for the next slot.
This introduces half a slot time of
delay.

Example
Ten thousand airline reservation stations are competing for the
use of a single slotted ALOHA channel. The average station
makes 18 requests/hour. A slot is 125 μsec. What is the
approximate total channel load?
Total No. of stations=10,000

Average requset/station=18 req/hr (1req/200sec)
Total No of requests=18*1000=18000 req/hr
Or 50 requests/sec
Each terminal makes one request every 200 sec, for a total
load of 50 requests/sec. Hence G = 50/8000 = 1/160.

Example
A large population of ALOHA users manages to generate 50
requests/sec, including both originals and retransmissions.
Time is slotted in units of 40 msec.
a) What is the chance of success on the first attempt?
b) What is the probability of exactly k collisions and then a
success?
c) What is the expected number of transmission attempts
needed?
Solution
a) With G = 2 the Poisson law gives a probability of e−2.
b) (1 − e−G)ke−G = 0.135 × 0.865k .
c) The expected number of transmissions is eG = 7.4.

Example
Measurements of a slotted ALOHA channel with an infinite
number of users show that 10 percent of the slots are idle.
a) What is the channel load, G?
b) What is the throughput?
c) Is the channel underloaded or overloaded?
Solution:
a) From the Poisson law again, P0 = e−G, so G = −lnP0 = −ln
0.1 = 2.3.
b) Using S = Ge−G with G = 2.3 and e−G = 0.1, S = 0.23.
c) Whenever G > 1 the channel is overloaded, so it is
overloaded.

Example
In an infinite-population slotted ALOHA system, the mean
number of slots a station waits between a collision and its
retransmission is 4. Plot the delay versus throughput curve for
this system.
The number of transmissions is E = eG. The E events are

separated by E − 1 intervals of four slots each, so the delay is
4(eG − 1). The throughput is given by S = Ge−G. Thus, we
have two parametric equations, one for delay and one
for throughput, both in terms of G. For each G value it is
possible to find the corresponding delay and throughput,
yielding one point on the curve.

Example
A 1-km-long, 10-Mbps CSMA/CD LAN (not 802.3) has a propagation speed
of 200 m/μsec. Repeaters are not allowed in this system. Data frames are
256 bits long, including 32 bits of header, checksum, and other overhead.
The first bit slot after a successful transmission is reserved for the receiver
to capture the channel in order to send a 32-bit acknowledgement frame.
What is the effective data rate, excluding overhead, assuming that there are
no collisions?
The round-trip propagation time of the cable is 10 μsec. A complete
transmission has six phases:
transmitter seizes cable (10 μsec)
transmit data (25.6 μsec)
Delay for last bit to get to the end (5.0 μsec)
receiver seizes cable (10 μsec) acknowledgement sent (3.2 μsec)
Delay for last bit to get to the end (5.0 μsec)
The sum of these is 58.8 μsec. In this period, 224 data bits are sent, for a
rate of about 3.8 Mbps.

Example
Consider building a CSMA/CD network running at 1 Gbps over a 1-km

cable with no repeaters. The signal speed in the cable is 200,000 km/sec.
What is the minimum frame size?
For a 1-km cable, the one-way propagation time is 5 μsec, so 2τ = 10 μsec.

To make CSMA/CD work, it must be impossible to transmit an entire frame
in this interval. At 1 Gbps, all frames shorter than 10,000 bits can be
completely
transmitted in under 10 μsec, so the minimum frame is 10,000 bits or
1250 bytes

Example
Consider building a CSMA/CD network running at 1 Gbps over a 1-km

cable with no repeaters. The signal speed in the cable is 200,000 km/sec.
What is the minimum frame size?
For a 1-km cable, the one-way propagation time is 5 μsec, so 2τ = 10 μsec.

To make CSMA/CD work, it must be impossible to transmit an entire frame
in this interval. At 1 Gbps, all frames shorter than 10,000 bits can be
completely
transmitted in under 10 μsec, so the minimum frame is 10,000 bits or
1250 bytes

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Unit – 3 MULTIPLE ACCESS

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Two features gives the method its name:

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A collision involves two more stations. If all the stations try

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A pure ALOHA network transmits 200-bit frames on a shared

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The ''frame time'' denotes the amount of time needed to

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A pure ALOHA network transmits 200-bit frames on a shared

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All frames are of same size.

Slotted ALOHA: Operation

when node obtains fresh frame, it transmits in next slot

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Probability of zero frames: e-G

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The throughput for slotted ALOHA is

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To minimize the collision CSMA was

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Area where Cs signal

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Vulnerable time in CSMA

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Abort their transmissions as soon as they detect

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A transmits for a duration t4-t1

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Once the entire frame is sent station does not keep a

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