You are asked to design a MAC protocol for an access network where N nodes generate data continuously at a constant rate, at x bits/sec per node. Additionally, the traffic aggregated over the nodes is less than but close to the access network total capacity. Would you choose a channel partitioning or random access protocol? Assume if you choose channel partitioning, the channel will be divided into N sub channels

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You are asked to design a MAC protocol for an access network where N nodes generate data continuously at a constant rate, at x bits/sec per node. Additionally, the traffic aggregated over the nodes is less than but close to the access network total capacity. Would you choose a channel partitioning or random access protocol? Assume if you choose channel partitioning, the channel will be divided into N sub channels 

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