Mitsumi Electric Co. Ltd. DWLA001 User Manual

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10.6. Hidden Node Compensation 
Depended on the placement of multiple wireless LANs, there is a case that the 
wireless LAN communication disturbance caused by other wireless LANs takes 
place and the data rate may be fallen off. If the Hidden Node Compensation is 
set to Enable, the Wavit11 seizes the wireless LAN communication line prior to 
the actual data transmission, so it can mitigate the mutual disturbance of 
wireless LAN communication and the degradation of data rate. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
What is Hidden Node? 
In the  wireless LAN  system, many wireless LANs
communicate each other on  the same frequency. Normally every 
wireless LAN  senses whether or not another wireless LAN has 
already started the wireless LAN communication so as  not to 
disturb the already started wireless LAN communication.   
However, some  wireless LANs disturb the already started 
wireless LAN communication transmitting the data without 
sensing the existence of another wireless LAN communication.
Such a kind of wireless LAN that may disturb the other wireless 
LAN communication is called Hidden Node.