A transit-hub capture shows an unusually high ratio of RTS/CTS relative to data frames. What expert interpretation should guide next steps?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
RTS/CTS is the polite 'clear the intersection' dance before big deliveries—useful when someone is hidden around the corner, expensive when everyone does it all day. At the transit hub, treat a flood of those frames as protection or hidden-node behavior eating airtime.
Full Explanation
RTS/CTS exchanges reserve the medium and are used for hidden-node mitigation and certain protection scenarios. Excess RTS/CTS relative to data inflates overhead and reduces capacity. Analysts correlate elevated RTS/CTS with mixed PHY protection settings and physical topology rather than assuming a Layer-3 fault.