ABSTRACT
Wireless communications have made great progress recently. Computing technologies have also advanced quickly as we see a variety of portable, small, light devices appearing on the market. These together have made computing and communication anytime, anywhere possible. One of the promising wireless network architectures that can realize communication anytime, anywhere is the mobile ad hoc network (MANET). A MANET consists of a set of mobile hosts without the support of base stations. It is attractive since it can be quickly deployed and operated by batteries only.
