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Difference between broadcast and collision domains as used in data transmission

      

Difference between broadcast and collision domains as used in data transmission

  

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1. Collision Domain –
A Collision Domain is a scenario in which when a device sends out a message to the network, all other devices which are included in its collision domain have to pay attention to it, no matter if it was destined for them or not. This causes a problem because, in a situation where two devices send out their messages simultaneously, a collision will occur leading them to wait and re-transmit their respective messages, one at a time. Remember, it happens only in the case of a half-duplex mode.
2. Broadcast Domain –
A Broadcast Domain is a scenario in which when a device sends out a broadcast message, all the devices present in its broadcast domain have to pay attention to it. This creates a lot of congestion in the network, commonly called LAN congestion, which affects the bandwidth of the users present in that network.
From this, we can realize that the more the number of collision domains and the more the number of broadcast domains, the more efficient is the network providing better bandwidth to all its users.

Titany answered the question on November 30, 2021 at 11:44


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