Issues and Challenges in Node Connectivity in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: A Holistic Review
Open Access
- 1 January 2016
- journal article
- Published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. in Wireless Engineering and Technology
- Vol. 07 (01), 24-35
- https://doi.org/10.4236/wet.2016.71003
Abstract
One of the fundamental properties of an ad hoc network is its connectivity. Maintaining connectivity in wireless networks is extremely difficult due to dynamic changing topology of MANETs. There are several techniques to understand the connectivity level for a given network topology. In this paper, we examine the existing methods and discuss the issues and challenges that are still insurmountable in order to enhance the connectivity properties of wireless multi hop networks.Keywords
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