Introduction to Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Bernabè Dorronsoro, Patricia Ruiz, Grégoire Danoy, Yoann Pigné, Pascal Bouvry · 2014
The current mobile wireless networks consist of wireless nodes that are connected to a central base station. In an ad hoc network, all devices may also act as routers and forward packets to enable communication between nodes that are not in range. Two nodes are said to be in range when they are able to receive and properly decode packets sent by the other node. Vehicular ad hoc networks are ad hoc networks where the devices making up the network are vehicles. In VANETs, apart from the nodes, there can also be base stations or fixed infrastructure called roadside units. Nowadays, sensor networks are widely used in practice for managing traffic lights, environmental conditions, system failures, security systems, and the like. The advances in microelectrical-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology made possible low-cost and small-size wireless sensor nodes. Controlled Vocabulary Terms micromechanical devices; mobile ad hoc networks; security; vehicular ad hoc networks