Wirelessad hocNetworks

Abstract

A mobile ad hoc network is a relatively new term for an old technology -a network that does not rely on pre-existing infrastructure. Roots of this technology could be traced back to the early 1970s with the DARPA PRNet and the SURAN projects. The new twitch is the application of this technology in the non-military communication environments. Additionally, the research community has also recently addressed some extended features of this technology, such as multicasting and security. Also numerous new solutions to the "old" problems of routing and medium access control have been proposed. This survey attempts to summarize the state-ofthe-art of the ad hoc networking technology in four areas: routing, medium access control, multicasting, and security. Where possible, comparison between the proposed protocols is also discussed.Keywords: ad hoc networks, MANET, MAC protocols for ad hoc network, routing protocols for ad hoc networks, proactive routing protocols, reactive routing protocols, hybrid routing protocols, multicasting for ad hoc networks, security for ad hoc networks,

Wireless Multi-hop Ad-hoc Networks: A Review

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“…Constraints (11) ensures that a positive backbone traffic between node i and j exists only if an RS is placed at node i and an RS is placed at node j. 3 Finally, constraint (12) ensures that no two RSs which use the same channel are placed in each other's interfering zone. Our goal is to find the minimum number of RSs in the system which satisfies all the demand and interference constraints.…”

Efficient Wireless Extension Point Placement Algorithm in Urban Rectilineal WLANs

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“…5, we can divide the entire network into L 2 equally sized cells 6 , and the size of each cell is Δ 2 . A MH is located in each cell with a certain probability, and if a MH 6 To maintain symmetry, L is divisible by 2. occupies a cell, we assume that it is located in the middle of the cell. Then, each MH can be uniquely identified by its Cartesian coordinate, and the AP is located at the origin.…”