MANETs Applications

•Industrial and commercial networks
•‘Anywhere’ communication
•Military applications
•Robust alternatives to cellular networks
•Wearable and Ubiquitous computing
•Remote satellite -based communication

Many Applications
•Personal area networking
–cell phone, laptop, ear phone, wrist watch
•Military environments
–soldiers, tanks, planes
•Civilian environments
–taxi cab network
–meeting rooms
–sports stadiums
–boats, small aircraft
•Emergency operations
–search-and-rescue
–policing and fire fighting


Effect of mobility on the protocol stack

• Application

–new applications and adaptations
•Transport
–congestion and flow control
•Network
–addressing and routing
•Link
–media access and handoff
•Physical

–transmission errors and interference