protocol would fail due to the "hidden station" problem as pictured in
24 The Hidden Station
RTS/CTS medium reservation may provide a solution for networks where:
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The density of stations and Access Points RLMs is very low.
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You witness poor network performance due to excessive frame
collisions at the Access Points RLMs.
A hidden station is a situation in which two wireless stations are within
range of the same Access Point RLM, but are not within range of each other.
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Problem.
Industrial Ethernet Wireless LAN RLM Manager, CP 1515 Manager
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