A Random Access ProtocolXDQRAO
Extended Distributed Queuing Random Access Protocol - XDQRAP (Scientific Atlanta)
Station requests reservation to transmit in reserved slot
Unsuccessful requests revert to contention resolution
Simple station algorithm
Fast Media Access
Supports CBR, VBR, ABR, and UBR traffic
Centrailized control for security and authorization
High Throughput over large physical plants
Overlaps contention resolution with data transmission