A Presentation on
Wireless Ad hoc Networks
By S. Ravi Teja
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What are ad hoc networks
Definition Ad Hoc network is a selforganizingwireless network, which multi-hop relies neither on fixed infrastructure nor on predetermined connectivity .
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How are they different
Characteristics
Rapidly deployable Reconfigurable High node mobility Low Bandwidth Lack of centralized entity
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How to classify them
Ad Hoc networks can be classified using various parameters Symmetric and Asymmetric. Traffic Characteristics Routing Methods Some other metrics such as time and reliability constraint
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Typical Applications
Military communications Law enforcement Disaster situations e.g. earthquake
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AdHoc
Wi Fi
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Typical Examples
MANET (Mobile Ad Hoc Networks)
Working Group of IETF ( Internet Engineering Task Force) dealing with the routing aspects in Internet Network
RWN (Reconfigurable Wireless Network)
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Challenging Areas
Network Architecture or Topology Mobility or Location Management Routing Management
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Network Architecture or Topology
Networks in ad hoc networks have: Hierarchical Architecture or
Flat Architecture
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Routing Management
Sends packets: from source to destination through one or more intermediate nodes Routing protocols classified as: Proactive Protocol (Tabledriven) Reactive Protocol (Ondemand)
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Proactive Protocols
Characteristics
Continuously evaluate route Route determined with negligible delay Uses significant wireless resources Destination-sequenced DistanceVector Examples Wireless Routing Protocol (WRP) Routing (DSDV)
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Reactive Protocols
Characteristics
Evaluates route on demand Delay is significant Avoids wastage of resources Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) Associativity Based Routing (ABR)
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Examples
Summary and Future Research
Hybrid Architecture A clustering algorithm which considers all the system parameters such that the frequency of reconfiguration is as low as possible with keeping the network connected. Designing the network with following issues Reliability Time(Delay) Cost
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Thank You !!!
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