TY - JOUR T1 - A Novel Multi-Channel based Framework forWireless IEEE 802.11 Ad Hoc AU - , Changchun Xu AU - , Kezhong Liu AU - , Yong Yuan AU - , Gan Liu JO - Asian Journal of Information Technology VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 44 EP - 47 PY - 2006 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1682-3915 DO - ajit.2006.44.47 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ajit.2006.44.47 KW - Ad Hoc Networks KW -IEEE 802.11 KW -Multi-NIC Management Layer (MML) KW -saturation throughput AB - Most 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 study 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. ER -