We have presented SSCH, a new protocol that extends the benefits of channelization to ad-hoc networks. This protocol is compatible with the IEEE 802.11 standard, and is suitable for a multi-hop environment. SSCH achieves these gains using a novel approach called optimistic synchronization. We expect this approach to be useful in additional settings beyond channel hopping.
We have shown through extensive simulation that SSCH yields significant capacity improvement in a variety of single-hop and multi-hop wireless scenarios. In the future, we look forward to exploring SSCH in more detail using an implementation over actual hardware.