Dynamic spectrum access for single-channel mobile ad-hoc networks

A system for wireless communication, comprising:

• a first wireless device configured to:
• perform, using a receive mode and a transmit mode, data communications on a first channel associated with a first single-channel network, and
• transmit, using the transmit mode, a plurality of network advertisement messages on a second channel associated with a second single-channel network, wherein each of the plurality of network advertisement messages comprises one or more characteristics of the first single-channel network;
• and
• a second wireless device configured to:
• perform, using the receive mode and the transmit mode, data communications on the second channel,
• acquire, using the receive mode, at least one network advertisement message of the plurality of network advertisement messages on the second channel, and
• perform, based on the at least one network advertisement message, a comparison between the first single-channel network and the second single-channel network.

A method of wireless communication, implemented on a first wireless device of a plurality of wireless devices, the first wireless device configured to support both a transmit mode and a receive mode in a first channel associated with a first single-channel network and a second channel associated with a second single-channel network, the method comprising:

• performing, using the receive mode and the transmit mode, data communications on the second channel;
• acquiring, using the receive mode on the second channel, at least one network advertisement message of a plurality of network advertisement messages, wherein each of the plurality of network advertisement messages comprises one or more characteristics of the first single-channel network;
• and
• performing, based on the at least one network advertisement message, a comparison between the first single-channel network and the second single-channel network.