US PATENT SUBCLASS 359 / 136
.~.~.~ Multiple access (e.g., CSMA, CDMA)

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359 /   HD   OPTICS: SYSTEMS (INCLUDING COMMUNICATION) AND ELEMENTS

109  DF  OPTICAL COMMUNICATION {13}
115  DF  .~ Multiplex {7}
135  DF  .~.~ Time division {4}
136.~.~.~ Multiple access (e.g., CSMA, CDMA)

DEFINITION

Classification: 359/136

Multiple access (e.g., CSMA, CDMA):

(under subclass 135) Subject matter wherein stations use a protocol to obtain access of a channel before sending a packet of information.

(1) Note. Frequently, CSMA networks have a collision detection capability in which the transmission is immediatedly terminated when a collision of opposing carrier signals is detected.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

370, Multiplex Communications, appropriate subclasses, particularly

319+, 329+, 342, 344, and 347+ for multiple access in wireless communications, and 431+ for multiple access in wired communications.