類似於IEEE 802.11，在Wimedia (MBOA) Draft中也制訂了允許在實體層中利用多頻道的通訊傳輸，但是它的媒體存取控制(Wimedia Draft MAC Standard)協定卻只設計用於單一頻道。在以往多頻道無線環境中，只利用單一頻道的媒體存取控制協定，由於會有多頻道隱藏節點的問題(Multi-Channel Hidden Terminal Problem)，使得整體系統無法運作得很好。
我們利用Wimedia MAC協定，提出一套結合分散式媒體存取及路由協定機制的設計，來收集多頻道無線隨意網路中，全域網路拓樸及頻道使用資訊。為協調處於不同頻道之間的節點，我們採用一個指定交換訊息頻道RC (Rendezvous Channel)，來做為彼此互相交換路由及頻道訊息的共通控制頻道；藉由每個節點都週期性的返回RC，來取得時間上的同步以及在RC中彼此節點之間的全域網路拓樸；並更進一步地將各頻道的使用率整合到路由選擇機制中。
在這篇論文裡，我們著重於多頻道無線隨意網路中，媒體存取控制層的組態以及路由問題，並展示以一種分散式的設計機制來獲取全域網路拓樸與頻道使用率的資訊。這個機制中的每個節點只需要一個收發器，卻能藉由取得RC上的時間同步來解決多頻道隱藏節點的問題。

Such as IEEE 802.11, the Wimedia (MBOA) Draft allows for the use of multiple channels available at the physical layer, but its MAC protocol is designed only for a single channel. A single-channel MAC protocol does not work well in the previous multi-channel environment, because of the multi-channel hidden terminal problem.
We propose a distributed MAC and Routing manner for gathering global networks topology and channels information by using Wimedia MAC in a multi-channel wireless Ad-Hoc networks. For coordination amongst nodes in different channels, a rendezvous channel (RC) is used to the common control channel that nodes exchange routing and channel information with each other. By having the nodes in different channel periodic switch back to the RC, it could be obtained for both temporal synchronization and global networks topology under the RC. Further, the utilization of multiple channels is added to the routing selection.
In this paper, we addressed the MAC-layer configuration and routing problem in a multi-channel wireless Ad-Hoc networks and presented a distributed mechanism for obtaining global network topology and the utilization of channels. This mechanism requires only one transceiver per host, but solves the multi-channel hidden terminal problem using temporal synchronization.

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