Controlling data communication quality in software-defined heterogenous multi-hop ad hoc networks

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• performing, using a control plane, a sensing operation in a control channel that has a first bandwidth and operates in a first frequency band, at least one data channel that has a second bandwidth and operates in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, or a third frequency band that is adjacent to the second frequency band;
• and
• performing, using a data plane, a data forwarding function, based on a result of the sensing operation, over the at least one data channel,
• wherein the at least one data channel and the control channel are configured with communication parameters such that a same level of a channel or jamming impairment degrades a performance of the at least one data channel to a greater extent than a performance of the control channel.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon, instructions that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a wireless communication method, the instructions comprising:

• instructions for performing, using a control plane, a sensing operation in a control channel that has a first bandwidth and operates in a first frequency band, at least one data channel that has a second bandwidth and operates in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, or a third frequency band that is adjacent to the second frequency band;
• and
• instructions for performing, using a data plane, a data forwarding function, based on a result of the sensing operation, over the at least one data channel,
• wherein the at least one data channel and the control channel are configured with communication parameters such that a same level of a channel or jamming impairment degrades a performance of the at least one data channel to a greater extent than a performance of the control channel.