Communicating on the Move: Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

Abstract

Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) are wireless networks that continually re-organize themselves in response to their environment without the benefit of a pre-existing infrastructure. A MANET consists of a set of mobile participants who must communicate, collaborate, and interact to complete an assigned mission. The challenges of MANETs are to provide wireless, high-capacity, secure, and networked connectivity. Participants must communicate using bandwidth limited wireless links with potential intermittent connectivity, as compared to stable wired links and infrastructure. MANETs are a key enabler for achieving the goals of net-centric operations and warfare; they provide the right information at the right place at the right time and shorten the kill chain by extending the Global Information Grid (GIG) to the tactical edge.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA487655

Entities

People

  • Dean Nathans
  • Robert F. Dillingham

Organizations

  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computer Networks
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Infrastructure
  • Mesh Networks
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Topology
  • Networks
  • Radio Equipment
  • Software Development
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.