Why do wireless networks not use CSMA/CD to detect and avoid network collisions?

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CSMA/CD won't work for wireless networking because wireless devices simply can't detect collisions, for two reasons. First, radio is a half-duplex transmission method. Wireless devices cannot listen and send at the same time. Second, wireless node A wanting to communicate with wireless node B can't hear the third, hidden node (Wi-Fi C) that's also trying to communicate with B. A collision might occur in that circumstance.
 

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