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In an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN, the 'hidden terminal' problem occurs when

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In an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN, the 'hidden terminal' problem occurs when

  • Aa station moves out of the range of the access point
  • Ba station cannot decide whether the medium is free because of its own transmission
  • Cthe access point hides its SSID from the stations
  • Dtwo stations that cannot sense each other's transmissions send to the same receiver at the same time, causing a collision at the receiver
Correct answer: D

Explanation

Stations A and C may both be in range of B but not of each other, so carrier sensing fails and their frames collide at B; the RTS/CTS handshake is used to reduce this problem.

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