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MANET - Definition and Overview |
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A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) is a self-configuring network of mobile routers (and associated hosts) connected by wireless links—the union of which form an arbitrary topology. The routers are free to move randomly and organise themselves arbitrarily; thus, the network's wireless topology may change rapidly and unpredictably.
Such a network may operate in a standalone fashion, or may be connected to the larger Internet.
The popular IEEE 802.11 ("Wi-Fi") wireless protocol incorporates an ad-hoc networking system when no wireless access points are present, although it would be considered a very low-grade ad-hoc protocol by specialists in the field. The IEEE 802.11 system only handles traffic within a local "cloud" of wireless devices. Each node transmits and receives data, but does not route anything between the network's systems. However, higher-level protocols can be used to aggregate various IEEE 802.11 ad-hoc networks into MANETs.
A list of some ad-hoc network protocols can be found in the Ad hoc protocol list.
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Example Usage of MANET |
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smashadv: @edwardboches is humility a virtue? I've seriously never heard of it. The rendering however, had some MANET influence. |
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Astrodeck: "When this girl at the museum asked me who I liked better, Monet or MANET, I said, 'I like mayonnaise.' She just... http://bit.ly/6yEAOz |
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Pastor_Fitz: "Verbum Domini MANET in aeterum" (V. D. M. A.). |
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