Cross-Layer Protocol Design in Ad Hoc Networks

with Multi-Channel Multi-Radio Capabilities


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In this project, we consider a wireless ad hoc network deployment scenarios in which the wireless nodes are equipped with multiple radio interfaces and multiple channel selection capabilities. The differences between multi-radio interface and multi-channel interface were mainly due to the concurrency of operations --- multi-radio can simultaneously operate, whereas multi-channel can time-share the interface. Therefore, different scheduling algorithms are necessary for these three scenarios:

  • Each node has multi-radio interfaces.
  • Each node has a single radio interface with multi-channel capability.
  • Each node has multi-radio interfaces, each of which is capable of multi-channel operation.
  • The network consists of heterogeneous nodes with different combinations of the above capabilities.

Therefore, there are different design algorithms for these scenarios.


Lichun Bao