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Opportunistic Networks is a new concept that is increasingly gaining ground since it appears as a concrete example of the Internet of Things, Internet of Vehicles, Industrial Internet of Things, and the Internet of Everything with Mobile ad hoc Networks’ characteristics. An Opportunistic Network starts with a Seed OppNet that sets up the network; expands from the Seed OppNet to an extended Seed OppNet through devices’ discovery. The characteristics of Opportunistic Networks make OppNets more challenging than any other networks. So, a deep understanding of OppNets’ characteristics and demands is an unavoidable precondition before proposing any OppNets related scheme. However, under OppNets’ constraints, the relevance of the Opportunistic Networks related articles in literature is yet to be established. Also, most surveys tackling Opportunistic Networks do not give a complete insight into what …