CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS WITH COLLISION AVOIDANCE (CSMA/CA)

A network control protocol in which (a) a carrier sensing scheme is used, (b) a data station that intends to transmit sends a jam signal , (c) after waiting a sufficient time for all stations to receive the jam signal, the data station transmits a frame , and (d) while transmitting, if the data station detects a jam signal from another station, it stops transmitting for a random time and then tries again.