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introduCtion
e following are the applications of ad hoc wireless networks:
• Community network
• Enterprise network
• Home network
• Emergency response network
• Vehicle network
• Sensor network
• Education
• Entertainment
• Coverage extension
• Commercial and civilian environments
Unlike a fixed wireless network, wireless ad hoc or on-the-fly
networks are characterized by the lack of infrastructure. Nodes in
a mobile ad hoc network are free to move and organize themselves
in an arbitrary fashion. Each user is free to roam about while com-
municating with others. e path between each pair of users may
have multiple links, and the radio between them can be heteroge-
neous. is allows an association of various links to be a part of the
same net ...