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Local Area Networks (LANs)

Shared Media

Not Point-to-Point Links
Must share a common resource/channel
Data Link Layer subdivided
- Logical Link Control (LLC-sublayer)
  - Media Independent (like acks, error-control)
- Medium Access Control (MAC-sublayer)
  - Contention, Reservation, Round-robin

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1999-03-14