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# Computer Networks – Wireless and Mobile Networks **Date:** 09-11-2026 **Topic:** Wireless and Mobile Networks **Level:** 2 – Intermediate ### What I learned today 1. **Wireless communication:** How devices communicate through radio waves without physical cables. 2. **CSMA/CA:** Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance. 3. **Backoff mechanism:** Devices wait for randomly selected time slots before transmitting. 4. **Backoff countdown:** When another device starts transmitting, the waiting device freezes its countdown and resumes after the channel becomes idle. 5. **Collision avoidance:** How wireless networks reduce the possibility of multiple devices transmitting simultaneously. 6. **Practical scenario:** Understood how two devices select different backoff slots and coordinate their transmissions. ### Key takeaway Wireless networks use CSMA/CA and random backoff mechanisms to reduce transmission collisions and manage shared communication channels. ### Learning outcome Understood the working of wireless channel access through a practical two-device transmission scenario.
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