MultiNet versus Multiple Radios

MultiNet is one way of staying connected to multiple wireless networks. The alternative approach is to use multiple wireless cards. Each card connects to a different network, and the machine is therefore connected to multiple networks. We simulated this approach, and compared it with the MultiNet scheme with respect to the energy consumed and the average delay of packets over the different networks. We first present our simulation environment, and then compare the results of the MultiNet scheme to the alternative approach using multiple radios.