## 4 Optimized Hidden Node Detection Paradigm
### Hidden Node Detection
**Acknowledgments: The authors acknowledge the University of Bridgeport for providing the necessary resources to carry this research conducted in the Mobile and Wireless Communications laboratory under the supervision of Prof. [PERSON]. **

**Author Contributions: The work has been primarily conducted by [PERSON] under the supervision of [PERSON]. Extensive discussions about the algorithms and techniques presented in this paper were carried between the two authors over the past year. **

**Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest. **

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