[RC232] When the MAC layer has a packet to send, it will use a carrier-sense-multiple-access (CSMA) protocol to determine if another module is already transmitting. If another module is transmitting, the module will receive that data before attempting to transmit its data again. If, during this process, the UART receive buffer gets full, the CTS line will go high to prevent the host UART from over-running the receive buffer. The CSMA mechanism introduces a variable delay to the transmission channel. This delay is the sum of a random period and a weighted period that is dependent on the number of times that the module has tried and failed to acquire the channel. For applications that guarantee that only one module will be transmitting at any given time, the CSMA mechanism can be turned off to avoid this delay.

Thank you for your interest in our product. You will not find a CSMA or LBT algorithm embedded in our RC232 protocol. However all of our modules provide RSSI (Receiver Signal Strength Indicator) that your host MCU can be used as input when making your own Listen Before talk algorithm.

    Last Update: November 9, 2017  

    November 9, 2017   1574    RC232 Q&A