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Sensors 2011, 11, 964-991; doi:10.3390/s110100964 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Multi-Channel Distributed Coordinated Function over Single Radio in Wireless Sensor Networks Carlene E.-A. Campbell 1, Kok-Keong (Jonathan) Loo 1,*, Orhan Gemikonakli 1, Shafiullah Khan 1 and Dhananjay Singh 2,* 1 School of Engineering and Information Sciences, Middlesex University, London, NW4 4BT, UK; E-Mails: carlnjam@ (C.E.-A.C.); O.Gemikonakli@mdx.ac.uk (O.G.); skkust@hotmail.co.uk (S.K.) 2 Division of Fusion and Convergence of Mathematical Sciences, National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: J.Loo@mdx.ac.uk (K.-K.L.); dan.usn@ (D.S.); Tel.: +82-10-5844-9415; Fax: +82-42-717-5758. Received: 6 December 2010; in revised form: 10 January 2011 / Accepted: 13 January 2011 / Published: 17 January 2011 Abstract: Multi-channel assignments are becoming the solution of choice to improve performance in single radio for wireless networks. Multi-channel allows wireless networks to assign different channels to different nodes in real-time transmission. In this paper, we propose a new approach, Multi-channel Distributed Coordinated Function (MC-DCF) which takes advantage of multi-channel assignment. The backoff algorithm of the IEEE 802.11 distributed coordination function (DCF) was modified to invoke channel switching, based on thres