A higher and time-varying bit error rate is not the only difference between awired and wireless link. Recall that in the case of wired broadcast links, all nodesreceive the transmissions from all other nodes. In the case of wireless links, the situationis not as simple, as shown in Figure 6.4. Suppose that Station A is transmittingto Station B. Suppose also that Station C is transmitting to Station B. With the socalledhidden terminal problem, physical obstructions in the environment (forexample, a mountain or a building) may prevent A and C from hearing each other’stransmissions, even though A’s and C’s transmissions are indeed interfering at thedestination, B. This is shown in Figure 6.4(a). A second scenario that results inundetectable collisions at the receiver results from the fading of a signal’s strengthas it propagates through the wireless medium. Figure 6.4(b) illustrates the casewhere A and C are placed such that their signals are not strong enough to detect eachother’s transmissions, yet their signals are strong enough to interfere with each otherat station B. As we’ll see in Section 6.3, the hidden terminal problem and fading
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