Overview and Goals Wireless communication technologies are undergoing rapid
advancements. The past few years have experienced a steep growth in research in the area …

A relative newcomer to the field of wireless communications, ad hoc networking is growing
quickly, both in its importance and its applications. With rapid advances in hardware …

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) represent complex distributed systems that comprise
wireless mobile nodes that can freely and dynamically self-organize into arbitrary and …

Guiding readers through the basics of these rapidly emerging networks to more advanced
concepts and future expectations, Mobile Ad hoc Networks: Current Status and Future …

BECAUSE the subject of this issue is wireless ad hoc networks, it would be beneficial to
provide a definition of the phrase ad hoc as it is used in the context of mobile wireless …

This paper contains an overview of the discussions on future research directions within the
subject of ad hoc networking, held at the Wireless World Research Forum meetings during …

Ad hoc mobile wireless networks have seen increased adaptation in a variety of disciplines
because they can be deployed with simple infrastructures and virtually no central …

Recent trends in compact computing and wireless technologies are expansion of ad hoc
network. Ad hoc network consists of versatile flat forms which are free to move expeditiously …

In the past few years, we have seen a rapid expansion in the field of mobile computing due
to the proliferation of inexpensive, widely available wireless devices. However, current …

ABSTRACT A mobile ad hoc network (MANET), sometimes called a mobile mesh network, is
a self-configuring network of mobile devices connected by wireless links. The Ad hoc …