AD-HOC NETWORK
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Ad Hoc Network
An ad hoc network is a local area network or
some small network especially one with
wireless , in which some of the devices are the
part of the network only for the duration of a
communication session.
Allows new users to be added quickly.
Each user has a unique network address that is
recognized as the part of the network.
Applications
• The decentralized nature of wireless ad hoc networks makes
them suitable for a variety of applications where central
nodes can't be relied on, and may improve the scalability of
wireless ad hoc networks compared to wireless managed
networks, though theoretical and practical limits to the
overall capacity of such networks have been identified.
• Minimal configuration and quick deployment make ad hoc
networks suitable for emergency situations like natural
disasters or military conflicts. The presence of a dynamic
and adaptive routing protocols enable ad hoc networks to
be formed quickly.
Characteristics of ad hoc wireless network
• No Infrastructure
• Dynamic topology
• Limited Physical security
• Rely on Batteries for Energy
Classifications
Wireless ad hoc networks can be further
classified by their application:
• mobile ad hoc networks (MANET)
• wireless mesh networks (WMN)
• wireless sensor networks (WSN)
Manet
• A mobile ad hoc network (MANET), is a self-configuring
infra structure less network of mobile devices connected by
wireless links. ad hocis Latin and means "for this purpose".
• Each device in a MANET is free to move independently in
any direction, and will therefore change its links to other
devices frequently. Each must forward traffic unrelated to its
own use, and therefore be a router. The primary challenge
in building a MANET is equipping each device to
continuously maintain the information required to properly
route traffic. Such networks may operate by themselves or
may be connected to the larger Internet.
Wireless Mesh Network
• A wireless mesh network (WMN) is a
communications network made up of radio nodesorganized in
a mesh topology. Wireless mesh networks often consist of
mesh clients, mesh routers and [Link] mesh clients are
often laptops, cell phones and other wireless devices while
the mesh routers forward traffic to and from the gateways
which may but need not connect to the Internet. The
coverage area of the radio nodes working as a single network
is sometimes called a mesh cloud. Access to this mesh cloud is
dependent on the radio nodes working in harmony with each
other to create a radio network. A mesh network is reliable
and offers redundancy. When one node can no longer
operate, the rest of the nodes can still communicate with
each other, directly or through one or more intermediate
nodes
Wireless Sensor Network
• A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) consists of spatially
distributed autonomous sensors to monitor physical or
environmental conditions, such as temperature, sound,
vibration , pressure, motion or [Link] to cooperatively
pass their data through the network to a main location. The
more modern networks are bi-directional, enabling also
to control the activity of the sensors. The development of
wireless sensor networks was motivated by military
applications such as battlefield surveillance; today such
networks are used in many industrial and consumer
application, such as industrial process monitoring and control,
machine health monitoring, environment and habitat
monitoring, healthcare applications, home automation, and
traffic control.
Cont.
• The WSN is built of "nodes" - from a few to
several hundreds or even thousands, where
each node is connected to one (or sometimes
several) sensors. Each such sensor network node
has typically several parts: a radio transceiver
with an internal antenna or connection to an
external antenna, a microcontroller, an
electronic circuit for interfacing with the sensors
and an energy source, usually a battery
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