EFFICIENT CHANNEL ARCHITECTURES FOR MULTI-CHANNEL MAC PROTOCOLS IN WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS

摘要

The system (500), apparatus (400), and method of the present invention provide three architectures for logically organizing multiple channels: a parallel multi-channel superframe (PMS) (100), a sequential multi-channel superframe (SMS) (200), and a non- overlapping multi-channel superframe (NMS) (300). Each of these architectures arises from different trade-offs and is applicable to any multi-channel MAC protocol that is based on the concept of a superframe, e.g., IEEE 802.11 superframe.