
Avoiding Collisions (more)
Idea: allow sender to “reserve” channel rather than random
access of data frames: avoid collisions of long data frames
• sender first transmits small request-to-send (RTS) packets to BS
using CSMA
– RTSs may still collide with each other (but they’re short)
• BS broadcasts clear-to-send CTS in response to RTS
• RTS heard by all nodes
– sender transmits data frame
– other stations defer transmissions
Avoid data frame collisions completely
using small reservation packets!
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