Research on multi-channel MAC protocols using dual transreceivers in wireless Mesh networks
无线Mesh网络中使用双收发器的多信道MAC协议研究

In wireless Mesh networks(WMNs),when multiple physical channels are available, high efficient media access control (MAC) protocols must be designed in order to fully exploit all the available channels and resolve the hidden and exposed terminal problems.This paper introduced three classes of multi-channel MAC protocol using dual transreceivers.Multiple channels could be maximally utilized with little cost. The difficulties of broadcast messaged sending and channel switching could also be resolved. Conclusions were drawn through comparison that the protocols can utilize multiple channels in some extent to improve the total throughput, but cannot guarantee the load balancing of the networks and should be further studied.