What is the RTS/CTS protocol designed to reduce or prevent?
A) negative acknowledgements
B) CRC errors
C) collisions
D) handshakes

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The RTS/CTS protocol (Request to Send/Clear to Send) is designed to reduce collisions in wireless communication. When a sender (the station that wants to transmit) sends out an RTS frame to the receiver, the receiver would then respond with a CTS (Clear to Send) frame to inform other stations to defer their transmission for a while. This protocol can be used to prevent packet collisions in CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance) wireless networks.

What Is the RTS/CTS Protocol Designed to Reduce or Prevent