Multi-hop ad hoc wireless networks generally use the IEEE 802.11 Distributed Coordination Function (DCF) MAC protocol, which utilizes the request-to-send/clear-to-send (RTS/CTS) mechanism to prevent the hidden terminal problem. It has been pointed out that the RTS/CTS mechanism cannot completely solve the hidden terminal problem in ad hoc networks because the interference range could exceed the basic rate transmission range. In this paper we provide a worst-case analysis of collision probability induced by the hidden terminal problem in ad hoc networks with multi-rate functionality. We show that the interference caused by the nodes in the area that is not covered by the RTS/CTS is bounded by C′ R-4, where C′ is a constant and R is the distance between the two transmitting nodes. The analytic result showed that the interference could shorten the data transmission range up to 30 percent. We then propose a simple multi-rate MAC protocol that could prevent the hidden terminal problem when transmit power control (TPC) is employed. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.
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Yoo, J., & Kim, C. (2005). On the hidden terminal problem in multi-rate ad hoc wireless networks. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Vol. 3391, pp. 479–488). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30582-8_50
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