Hello Packet Interval Effects on the Overall Network Performance of a Wireless Network after Next (WNaN) Radio Network

The Wireless Network after Next (WNaN) radio is a multi-transceiver multi-frequency mobile ad-hoc network system that features four independent frequency agile transceivers and uses a variation of Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA). Utilizing WNaN's multiple transceivers, dynamic frequency assignment algorithm, and varying the hello packet interval can help alleviate the increased number of collisions due to the presence of an advantaged node such as an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Validation experiments in the field were completed to show that WNaN's features can be exploited to increase the packet delivery ratio and decrease the average packet delay when an advantaged node is present.