Link LayerBalanced Transmission

• At the link layer, all devices are equal

• Collision avoidance by one of the following:

  • Full duplex point to point connection (RS232 or four wire RS485)
  • Designated master polls rest of slaves on network (two wire RS485 and disable data link confirms in slaves)
  • Physical layer (CSMA/CD)

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