Powerful Nodes Enhance Mobile Network Connectivity

by Xiyu Shi, Christopher Adams, & Ahmet Kondoz SPIE Newsroom, accessed 8 Sep 2006 A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a temporary collection of wireless nodes communicating without the benefit of infrastructure. A connection between two nodes may involve several others in what is known as multi-hop routing. MANET can be used in situations in which, for example, soldiers relay and share information on a battlefield or relief workers coordinate efforts during an emergency. Read more