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Ad hoc networks can provide a total tra.c carrying capacity that scales as the square root of the number of nodes in the network. The operation of ad hoc networks requires several asynchronous distributed protocols which can adapt to the location and number of nodes in the network, and to the tra.c demands. We present three such protocols for problems arising especially in wireless networks ‐ power control (COMPOW), media access (SEEDEX), and routing (STARA). We also comment on some architectural issues important to the next phase of the information technology revolution, the convergence of communication, control, sensing and actuation.
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Kumar, P.R. (2002). Ad Hoc Wireless Networks: Analysis, Protocols, Architecture, and Convergence. In: König-Ries, B., Makki, K., Pissinou, N., Makki, S., Scheuermann, P. (eds) Developing an Infrastructure for Mobile and Wireless Systems. IMWS 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2538. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36257-6_3
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