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Note: Stations cannot hear each other. They can hear the AP.
When station
these two stations send data at the same time, collisions may occur when both sets of data arrive at the
AP at the same time, resulting in a loss of messages for both stations.
is designed to prevent collisions due to hidden nodes. An
RT S/ C T S
frame you can send before an RTS (Request To Send)/CTS (Clear to Send) handshake is invoked.
When a data frame exceeds the
to transmit this frame must first send an RTS (Request To Send) message to the AP for permission to send
it. The AP then responds with a CTS (Clear to Send) message to all other stations within its range to notify
them to defer their transmission. It also reserves and confirms with the requesting station the time frame
for the requested transmission.
Stations can send frames smaller than the specified
To Send)/CTS (Clear to Send) handshake.
You should only configure
of resending large frames is more than the extra network overhead involved in the RTS (Request To
Send)/CTS (Clear to Send) handshake.
If the
RT S/ C T S
To Send)/CTS (Clear to Send) handshake will never occur as data frames will be fragmented before
they reach
Note: Enabling the RTS Threshold causes redundant network overhead that could negatively
affect the throughput performance instead of providing a remedy.
Fra g m e nta tio n T hre sho ld
A
Fra g m e nta tio n T hre sho ld
be sent in the wireless network before the AP will fragment the packet into smaller data frames.
A large
Fra g m e nta tio n T hre sho ld
should set a smaller threshold for busy networks or networks that are prone to interference.
Appendix D Wireless LANs
RTS/CTS
sends data to the AP, it might not know that the station
A
RT S/ C T S
if the possibility of hidden nodes exists on your network and the "cost"
RT S/ C T S
value is greater than the
size.
RT S/ C T S
is the maximum data fragment size (between 256 and 2432 bytes) that can
is recommended for networks not prone to interference while you
WAP3205 v3 User's Guide
value you set (between 0 to 2432 bytes), the station that wants
directly to the AP without the RTS (Request
RT S/ C T S
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is already using the channel. If
B
defines the biggest size data
RT S/ C T S
value (see next), then the RTS (Request