METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING CHANNEL IN AD-HOC NETWORK

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for assigning a channel in an ad-hoc network, which can minimize beacon collision in the ad-hoc network and prevent channel overlapping or collision, and thus a channel can be efficiently assigned. The method of assigning a channel including: obtaining join order information which is information on the order in which a first node has been joined to a second node, which is a parent node, and level information of the second node in an ad-hoc network; determining a reference value for setting a channel that is to be assigned to the first node based on an address value of the first node, which is determined based on the join order information and the level information, a level value of the first node, a channel value of the second node, which is determined based on the level information, and the join order information; and determining a channel value of the first node by dividing the reference value by the maximum number of usable channels in the ad-hoc network.