Question: Consider an alternative WiFi protocol in which RTS/CTS is not exchanged, instead, the transmitter directly sends the DATA packet (after performing carrier sense and

Consider an alternative WiFi protocol in which RTS/CTS is not exchanged, instead, 

Consider an alternative WiFi protocol in which RTS/CTS is not exchanged, instead, the transmitter directly sends the DATA packet (after performing carrier sense and backoff). Does this alternative protocol reduce the number of collisions? If yes, explain why RTS packets would experience less collisions than DATA packets. If no, explain why RTS/CTS is exchanged in today's WiFi protocol?

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