July 2010
Intermediate to advanced
350 pages
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English
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286 Smart Phone and Next-Generation Mobile Computing
vehicular ad hoc networks can be used to link data access to in-car
sensory functionality.
5.6.1 MANET Categories
A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) essentially encompasses several
other networking applications involving various wireless technolo-
gies. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs), for example, are MANETs in
the sense that sensor nodes, either fixed or moving, are very often
used as an ad hoc network environment for various purposes such
as habitat monitoring, industrial monitoring and control, and home
networking, among others. A wireless mesh network is another exam-
ple of a MANET. In a wireless mesh network, wireless LAN or cellular
base stations placed across a geographical area form an ad hoc ...