Ad Hoc Networks: Current Status and Future Trends

The wireless network which is set up for a single session and does not need a wireless base station or a router is termed as an ad hoc network. It does not rely on a pre-existing infrastructure, rather each node participates in routing by forwarding data to other nodes dynamically. On the basis of the applications, ad hoc networks can be classified into vehicular ad hoc networks, smartphone ad hoc networks, iMANETs, wireless mesh networks, army tactical MANETS, etc. These are mostly wireles...