Hidden Terminals

Proposed solution: Use Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (MACA), ARRL Computer Networking Conference 1990.

Synopsis: Use RTS/CTS (Request-to-Send/Clear-to-Send) handshake to hold off hidden terminals before actually sending data.

Extra overhead of RTS/CTS handshake can be mitigated with large data packets, which use of FEC facilitates.

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