synchronous and asynchronous

Intimidator · 11-23-2007, 03:36 AM

what is type of communication that happens in a wifi network? is it synchronous or an asynchronous communication?what is the diff between the two?

2Gnu · 11-23-2007, 10:29 PM

It's half-duplex. Think speakerphone vs. regular telephone.

onebuck · 11-25-2007, 10:02 PM

Hi,

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Originally Posted by Intimidator

what is type of communication that happens in a wifi network? is it synchronous or an asynchronous communication?what is the diff between the two?

Let's get on a level playing field. Synchronous or asynchronous that is the question. Compare the definitions. How are we communicating? Get the idea?

You post, I read the post. Then I respond...

pixellany · 11-25-2007, 10:16 PM

In the semantic soup we have:
synchronous, meaning time-correlated with something else--eg a clock.
asynchronous---the opposite.
simples, duplex, and half-duplex--none of which relate to (a)synchronous

(I think) wi-fi is just like any internet communication: signals (packets) go both ways at random--it just happens to be in the ether instead of a wire.