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Ad HoC Mobile Wireless netWorks
these networks are finding increasing applications in many areas,
including disaster recovery, healthcare, defense, academic, and indus-
trial environments. However, with the many advantages of the mobile
ad hoc networks come many challenges that are still unresolved. e
challenges are related to the constrained environment of the mobile
ad hoc networks, which includes development of mechanisms for
efficient use of limited bandwidth and channel capacity, developing
smaller sized but feature-rich mobile devices, techniques for mini-
mizing power consumption and hence extending network lifetime,
developing algorithms for enhancing information security, and devel-
oping efficient routing procedures for finding better ...