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	Πρωτόκολλο Τυχαίας Πρόσβασης Slotted ALOHA	Πολλαπλή Πρόσβαση με Ανίχνευση Φορέα και Αποφυγή Συγκρούσεων (CSMA/CA)
Πεδίο	Τηλεπικοινωνίες	Τηλεπικοινωνίες
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1970	1990
Δημιουργός	Norman Abramson and Lawrence Roberts	Phil Karn
Τύπος	random access protocol	random access protocol
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Roberts, L. G. (1975). ALOHA packet system with and without slots and capture. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 5(2), 28-42.	Karn, P. (1990). MACA—a new channel access method for packet radio. In Proceedings of the ARRL/CRRL Amateur Radio 9th Computer Networking Conference, 134-140.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	random access, medium access	medium access control, WiFi MAC
Συναφείς	3	3
Σύνοψη	Slotted ALOHA is a fundamental random access protocol enabling multiple devices to share a wireless channel without centralized coordination. Introduced by Abramson (1970) and refined by Roberts (1975), it divides time into fixed slots and allows devices to transmit at the beginning of a slot with a fixed probability. While simple and elegant, Slotted ALOHA achieves only 37% channel utilization under saturation (optimal traffic load), a fundamental limit discovered by Abramson. Despite this limitation, Slotted ALOHA remains a teaching tool and appears in modern systems like satellite and IoT networks.	CSMA/CA is a random access protocol for wireless medium access control, designed to enable multiple devices to share a wireless channel while minimizing collisions. Introduced by Phil Karn in 1990, it is the foundation of WiFi (IEEE 802.11) and is now the de facto standard for unlicensed spectrum access. CSMA/CA combines carrier sensing (listen before transmit) with collision avoidance (RTS/CTS handshake) to improve channel efficiency and fairness, avoiding the efficiency loss of pure random access (Aloha).