A Survey on Wireless Sensor Network and Ad Hoc Network
Jiandong Li · Zhongxing Telecom Technology · 2005
Sensor network, which is made by the convergence of sensor, embedded computing system, distributed information processing and wireless communication technologies, is a novel technology about acquiring and processing information. Ad hoc network is a mobile, multi-hop and autonomous decentralized system. Both networks have great application potential. The concepts, characteristics and development status of the sensor networks and Ad hoc networks are introduced. The paper thinks that the sensor network dominates in special application fields while the Ad hoc network without fixed infrastructure supports wireless transmission between mobile nodes under bad environments. The research on the sensor and Ad hoc networks arenecessary for the development of high technologies in both civil and military fields of China.