P2P, Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks - All the Different or All the Same?
Peter A. Boncz, Angela Bonifati, Stefan Böttcher, Panos K. Chrysanthis, Le Gruenwald, Arantza Illarramendi, Peter Janacik, Birgitta König‐Ries, Wolfgang May · Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the national research institute for mathematics and computer science in the Netherlands · 2007
Currently, data management technologies are in the process of finding their way into evolving networks, i.e. P2P, ad hoc and wireless sensor networks. We examine the properties, differences and commonalities of the different types of evolving networks, in order to enable the development of adequate technologies suiting their characteristics. We start with presenting definitions for the different network types, before arranging them in a network hierarchy, to gain a clear view of the area. Then, we analyze and compare the example applications for each of the types using different design dimensions. Based on this work, we finally present a comparison of P2P, ad hoc and wireless sensor networks.