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Interference

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  • 1.  Interference

    Posted Nov 16, 2016 03:30 AM

    Hi,

    station A is on channel 36 associated to an AP A and station B associated to AP B 

    if station A hear station B on at -82dBm,it will wait ?

     

    How does station A understand station B is sending and receiving data ? 

    Thanks



  • 2.  RE: Interference
    Best Answer

    Posted Nov 16, 2016 05:43 AM

    Wi-Fi using something called carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (or CSMA/CA for short) to try to avoid more than one client "speaking" at a time.

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_sense_multiple_access_with_collision_avoidance