SUMMARYIn order to realize high-speed Internet access on PTMP access networks such as bidirectional CATV, the Synchronous CSMA/CD method has been developed. The main points are that, when multiple packets collide, the collision state always starts from the head of the colliding packets by synchronizing the arrival of the packets at the hub device with the predetermined timing, and that the hub device always monitors the access status of the uplink and broadcasts the status through the downlink. As a result, the CSMA/CD method can be applied to PTMP networks, and the maximum network length can be arbitrarily set without dependence on the minimum packet length.