A novel multi-channel based framework for wireless IEEE 802.11 ad hoc networks

Author

Xu, Changchun ; Liu, Kezhong ; Yuan, Yong ; Liu, Gan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., China

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

23-26 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

812

Lastpage

815

Abstract

Many IEEE 802.11 based ad hoc networks do not support a node to perform simultaneous communications because there is only one wireless network interface card (NIC) at a node and multi-channel operation is not allowed in IEEE 802.11 ad hoc mode. In this paper, a novel multi-channel multi-NIC based scheme is proposed for IEEE 802.11 ad hoc networks. The novel framework and function of multi-NIC management layer (MML) are described. Qualitative analysis results shows that the overall saturation throughput of the network is linearly increased with the number of NICs per node.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; computer network management; mobility management (mobile radio); network interfaces; smart cards; wireless LAN; wireless channels; multichannel; multinetwork interface card management layer; qualitative analysis; wireless IEEE 802.11 ad hoc networks; wireless network interface card; Access protocols; Ad hoc networks; Computer networks; Educational technology; Frequency; Mobile ad hoc networks; Throughput; Transceivers; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2005. Proceedings. 2005 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9335-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNM.2005.1544176

Filename

1544176