Editing Channel access method (section)

===Packet mode methods===
Packet mode channel access methods select a single network transmitter for the duration of a packet transmission. Some methods are more suited to wired communication, while others are more suited to wireless.<ref name=Miao/>

Common statistical time-division multiplexing multiple access protocols for wired multi-drop networks include:

* [[Carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection]] (CSMA/CD), used in [[Ethernet]] and [[IEEE 802.3]]
* [[Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance]] (MACA)
* [[Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance for Wireless]] (MACAW)
* [[Carrier-sense multiple access]] (CSMA)
* [[Carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance and resolution using priorities]] (CSMA/CARP)
* Bitwise Arbitration based on constructive interference as used on [[CAN bus]]
* [[Token bus]] (IEEE 802.4)
* [[Token Ring]] (IEEE 802.5)
* [[Token passing]], used in [[FDDI]]
* [[Dynamic time-division multiple access]] (Dynamic TDMA)

Common multiple access protocols that may be used in packet radio wireless networks include:
* [[Carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance]] (CSMA/CA), used in [[IEEE 802.11]]/[[WiFi]], potentially using a [[distributed coordination function]]
* ALOHA and slotted ALOHA, used in [[ALOHAnet]]
* [[Reservation ALOHA]] (R-ALOHA)
* [[Mobile Slotted Aloha]] (MS-ALOHA)
* [[Code-division multiple access]] (CDMA)
* [[Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access]] (OFDMA)
* [[Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing]] (OFDM)