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APPLICATIONS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
mechanisms for better utilization of the available communication
bandwidth in the wireless communication environment.
Due to less security of the wireless communication medium, ad
hoc wireless networks are more prone to security threats than their
wired counterparts. Achieving the desired information security level
requires additional processing overhead, which will be a major prob-
lem for the mobile nodes due to their limited processing power. It also
requires additional bandwidth for secured transmission. A significant
amount of research is already going on for discovering mechanisms
for ensuring secure information transfer while at the same time not
being prohibitive in terms of overhead.
With the adv ...