Internet connectivity for mobile ad hoc network: a survey based study

摘要

This paper is a survey of mobile ad hoc network (MANET) Internet connectivity, which is perceived by many researchers as an interesting architectural model. The starting point is MANET and its challenges. Anyone who has worked in the MANET area knows that managing Internet protocol (IP) addresses, especially in the case of split/merge operations, can be very complex and can have a high impact on each node's energy consumption. This is the context in which the larger Internet can offer support. For example, recent work shows that cloud management of MANETs can bring many benefits. Unfortunately, these latest developments are not included in the survey.