Ad Hoc Networks - Science topic

Time synchronization is a critical prerequisite for unmanned aerial vehicle ad hoc networks (UANETs) to facilitate navigation and positioning, formation control, and data fusion. However, given the dynamic changes in UANETs, improving the convergence speeds of distributed consensus time synchronization algorithms with only local information poses a...

In recent years, most internet communications have focused on accessing content such as video, web services, and audio. Conversely, traditional Internet communications are inefficient because they are primarily designed for data transfer between hosts. In response, Information-Centric Networking (ICN) has emerged as a content-oriented networking mo...

Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANET) as the key correspondence organizing innovation has been pulled in by the scholarly world and enterprises with surprising turn of events. With each vehicle acting as a node in an ad hoc network made up of immobile or mobile vehicles, the VANET, which connects vehicles over a wireless connection, is a developing res...

Research on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks is of great significance in various fields including military, emergency response, Internet of Things (IoT), vehicular networking, aviation, and scientific research. This research contributes to the advancement and application of mobile communication technologies. Both domestic and international researchers have c...

In the event of a sudden natural disaster, the damaged communication infrastructure cannot provide a necessary network service for vehicles. Unfortunately, this is the critical moment when the occupants of trapped vehicles need to urgently use the vehicular network’s emergency service. How to efficiently connect the trapped vehicle to the base stat...

The military usage of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has garnered attention, especially after their employment in the Ukrainian war. Despite the most commented lethal usage, they have many other applications from which surveillance for imagery acquisition is one of primal importance. Using a stand-alone UAV for this purpose is well-known, but to c...

With the rapid proliferation of drones and drone networks across various application domains, ensuring their security against cyber threats has become imperative. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis and comparative analysis of the state-of-the-art techniques for detecting cyber threats in drone networks. The background provides a primer on...

Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks (CRAHNs) are an essential method for resolving conflicts between extreme spectrum scarcity and rapid traffic increase while maintaining high‐quality service for consumers. However, the coexistence of primary and secondary users represents a critical challenge for reasonable resource allocation in order to provide a s...

Abstract: - In the rapidly evolving landscape of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs), the quest for optimal performance through efficient scheduling remains paramount. This paper, titled "Enhancing MANET Performance: A Novel Approach Through Nature-Inspired Scheduling Algorithms," introduces an innovative methodology that leverages the intricate mechan...

Due to possible disturbances in a conflict environment, the mission performance of flying ad hoc networks (FANET) is highly related to time-varying topology. Currently, the resilience metric is regarded as suitable for evaluating the mission performance of a FANET with time-varying network topology. However, the reported resilience studies contribu...

Vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) are underactive development, thanks in part to recent advances in wireless communication and networking technologies. The most fundamental part of VANET is to enable message authentications between vehicles and roadside units. Message authentication using proxy vehicles has been proposed to reduce the computationa...

One sort of wireless ad-hoc network is called MANET (Mobile Ad-hoc Network), which is an autonomous network made up of wireless nodes and routers connected by wireless connections. Transmission of data in effective way is important. The DOF-MEN (Direction Oriented Forwarding through Minimum Number of Edge Nodes) protocol is the protocol which lesse...

Flying ad hoc networks (FANETs) belong to the family of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). They have gained high popularity due to their extensive applications in various industries such as emergency management, military missions, and supervision. However, these networks face important challenges in guaranteeing reliable data transmission because of...

Vehicle Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) plays an essential role in enhancing safety, passenger services, and traffic management. VANETs often suffer from reliability issues and delays due to their dynamics. Multihoming, where vehicles communicate over multiple networks, is a possible approach to mitigate these problems. In this paper, we present a compreh...

Delay tolerant networks (DTNs) is a network evolved from mobile networks. Differing from the traditional network, which has a stable end‐to‐end transmission path, DTNs are sparse and intermittently connected mobile ad hoc network, which are widely used in harsh environments, such as battlefields, seabed, space communication networks, and so on. In...

The advancement in the research of wireless network technology, paved the way for the advent of Flying Ad hoc Network (FANET). FANET is formed with a team of unmanned flying nodes, termed as Unmanned Ariel Vehicle (UAV). UAV is highly mobile in nature. This dynamicity may increase difficulty in establishing connection between the nodes. Thus, in tu...

Exploration of unknown scenes before human entry is essential for safety and efficiency in numerous scenarios, e.g., subterranean exploration, reconnaissance, search and rescue missions. Fleets of autonomous robots are particularly suitable for this task, via concurrent exploration, multi-sensory perception and autonomous navigation. Communication...

This paper proposes the design of virtual antenna arrays with frequency diversity for radar systems in fifth-generation flying ad hoc networks. These virtual arrays permit us to detect targets from the sky with flying drones. Each array element is composed of a microstrip antenna mounted on quadcopter drones and is virtually connected with the othe...

Due to their special characteristics, vehicle-based ad hoc networks (VANET) are susceptible to a number of security issues. Particularly when many vehicles are present within the RSU's coverage area, existing authentication methods struggle to ensure that the roadside unit (RSU) rapidly authenticates each vehicle's signature. A novel agent-based me...

The use of autonomous and unmanned systems continues to increase, with uses spanning from package delivery to simple automation of tasks and from factory usage to defense industries and agricultural applications. With the proliferation of unmanned systems comes the question of how to secure the command-and-control communication links among such dev...

The exponential growth of mobile data has put the existing cellular networks under a tremendous performance pressure. This alarming picture calls for newer wireless technologies to aid cellular networks for data communication. Over the last few years, vehicles as mobile routers have gained a lot of importance. Using a network of such ad hoc routers...

obile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) is a self-systematized network, hasn't fixed infrastructure and centralized administration system. Due to the frequent changes in network topology, MANET nodes are free to change locations anywhere they like. Novelty statement: Typically, mobile devices in MANET are configured identically to have same transmission range...

An emerging subclass of the wireless network is known as a Delay Tolerant Network (DTN), in this network whenever the contact opportunity occurs sender nodes select the relay node randomly and disseminate the message in the network. The basic properties of DTN include; no fixed source-to-destination route, longer delay between nodes, and frequent d...

Jamming is the most critical security threat because the rapid development of new technology, such as smart mobile devices, and ad hoc networks have drawn a lot of interest from the academic community in recent years. Ad hoc protocols represent an important role in the efficient transmission of data across mobile ad hoc protocols (MANET). The choic...

The security of ad hoc networks continues to pose a major challenge in today's digital age. Threatened by unscrupulous users, especially in decentralized and open architectures, ad-hoc vehicular networks make protection against malicious attacks a difficult task. Vehicular networks, a specific subset of ad hoc networks, inherit security vulnerabili...

Quantum Flying Ad Hoc Networks (Q-FANETs) present a unique paradigm for communication, leveraging quantum principles to enable secure and efficient data transmission. However, routing in Q-FANETs poses significant challenges due to dynamic topology changes and limited communication resources. This paper proposes a novel routing approach utilizing t...

Fishing supports local economies. Traditional fishing methods may lack technology for efficiency, safety, and communication. This project improves fishermen's lives with innovative wireless water communication and IoT technology. This research will create a Fisherman Tracking and Connectivity (FTC) system employing wireless water communication and...

In today's interconnected world, the Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as a transformative force, facilitating seamless communication and data exchange among a myriad of interconnected devices. However, the effectiveness of IoT applications hinges on the optimization of communication protocols and network architectures. This research paper delve...

Ad hoc networking allows portable devices to establish communication independent of a central infrastructure. However, the fact that there is no central infrastructure and that the devices can move randomly gives rise to various kind of problems, such as routing and security. In this paper the problem of routing is considered. There are several ad...

In modern wireless networks, the conventional layered architecture frequently limits performance improvement and resource use. This research investigates the potential advantages of cross-layer designs as a viable new paradigm for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of wireless communication systems. Cross-layer techniques allow for dynamic...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are becoming one of the promising technologies to improve quality of life, also UAVs are acting one of the reliable sources to provide connectivity over remote areas. In this paper, we present a UAV network architecture over the ocean for the idea of connected ocean. The presented model consists of two layers of UAVs...

Ad-Hoc networks have an adaptive architecture, temporarily configured to provide communication between wireless devices that provide network nodes. Forwarding packets from the source node to the remote destination node may require intermediate cooperative nodes (relay nodes), which may act selfishly because they are power-constrained. The nodes sho...

Wireless mesh network (WMN) which evolves from ad-hoc network is a type of self-healing, self-configuration, and multi-hop wireless network. Without expensive and fixed base stations, WMN can be established fast, easily, and flexibly with low cost. With the fast development of wireless communication, the required data rate and amount increase. As W...

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Nowadays, the use of drones as a fundamental element of smart cities has attracted the attention of many researchers to monitor and control the traffic of vehicles. Because of the high flexibility of multi-drone systems, like flying ad hoc networks (FANETs), they provide various services and improve modern life in smart cities. However, due to the...

Vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) is widely applied in transportation applications to ensure safety and security during road transportation. In VANET, all the information’s are interchanged among vehicles with the available infrastructure on the roadside to form an ad-hoc network. In VANET, due to its communication in an open medium achieving the ma...

Recent ground-breaking research in the Internet of Things (IoT) and drone technology has brought about revolutionary advancements in automation, remote sensing, and remote operations. Drones have gained massive popularity in IoT applications, like remote monitoring and task automation. Consequently, an innovative business model called Drones-as-a-S...

The Internet of Things (IoT) reflects the internetworking of numerous devices with limited computational capabilities. Given the ad-hoc network formation and the dynamic nature of node membership, secure device authentication mechanisms are critical. This paper proposes a novel two-factor authentication protocol for IoT devices. The protocol integr...

In unmanned aerial vehicle ad‐hoc network (UANET), the node speed of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) may reach up to 400 km/h. The fast or slow movement of UAV nodes leads to different speeds of topology change of the nodes. Traditional optimized link state routing (OLSR) protocol cannot adaptively adjust the routing update period when the network...

VANETs or Vehicular Ad hoc Networks represent the most rapidly emerging application of Ad hoc Networks. It shares traffic condition information and is one of the attempts to improve road safety and traffic management. This paper develops a new technique in the name of "Crocodile Hunting Search" (CHS) to assist information dissemination in Vehicular...

Vehicle ad hoc networks (VANETs) have garnered considerable attention for their potential to enhance road safety and facilitate advanced driver assistance systems. A fundamental aspect of VANET is the formation of stable clusters and cluster heads (CH) for improved network performance. Due to the dynamic nature of VANET and the different mobility o...

In wireless ad hoc networks, where conventional infrastructure is lacking, effective routing algorithms, security mechanisms, and energy efficiency are critical challenges. While existing cluster-based routing protocols demonstrate efficiency, the absence of a comprehensive approach for selecting cluster heads based on multiple parameters remains a...

Ad hoc networks of quantum-enabled IoT devices require efficient resource allocation techniques to optimize energy consumption and data transmission rates. This paper proposes an enhanced version of quantum-inspired hybrid particle swarm optimization called the Improved quantum-inspired hybrid particle swarm optimization (IQHPSO) algorithm for reso...

In wireless networking, the security of flying ad hoc networks (FANETs) is a major issue, and the use of drones is growing every day. A distributed network is created by a drone network in which nodes can enter and exit the network at any time. Because malicious nodes generate bogus identifiers, FANET is unstable. In this research study, we propose...

Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) represent a pivotal advancement in wireless communications, laying the groundwork for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). As these systems proliferate, they enable vehicles to interact with each other and roadside infrastructure, enhancing safety by preventing accidents and improving the comfort of drivers a...

In situations where natural disasters damage public communication networks, self-organized emergency communication networks play a vital role as important resources for disaster monitoring and emergency response. Geographical conditions, communication capacity, power availability, terminals' position changes during disasters, and data volume, on th...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs), the quest for optimal performance through efficient scheduling remains paramount. This paper, titled "Enhancing MANET Performance: A Novel Approach Through Nature-Inspired Scheduling Algorithms," introduces an innovative methodology that leverages the intricate mechanisms of natu...

Mobile devices are pervasive in today's world, and the ability to create ad-hoc networks among these devices enables increased connectivity. Peer-to-peer (P2P) Mobile Ad-hoc Network (P2P MANET) offer flexibility and scalability. Devices can join or leave the network seamlessly, and the network can adapt to changing conditions. This makes them suita...

Статья посвящена совершенствованию видеомониторинга территорий, осуществляемого на основе применения летающей беспроводной самоорганизующейся сети (Flying Ad hoc NETwork, FANET). Видеомониторинг проводится в поисково-спасательных целях. Для обеспечения высокого качества FANET-видеотрансляции предложен алгоритм поддержки принятия решений по управлен...

Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) are a group or a collection of wireless moving nodes (mobile-nodes) that spontaneously forms a network and functions with-out a central controller or coordinator. Mobile Ad Hoc Networks include the subset known as Vehicle Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs). The unpredictability of the multi-hop network design is further compou...

Ad Hoc network is widely used because of its distributed flexibility, in which nodes may generate different types of traffic, and some high-priority traffic requires lower delay and other Quality of service (QoS) requirements. However, as the load of traffic increases, the probability of conflict increases significantly, which makes it difficult to...

A flying ad hoc network (FANET) is formed from a swarm of drones also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and is currently a popular research subject because of its ability to carry out complicated missions. However, the specific features of UAVs such as mobility, restricted energy, and dynamic topology have led to vital challenges for making...

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The societal trajectory increasingly emphasizes the adoption of measures aimed at enhancing living standards, with a key focus on meeting the mobility needs of the populace. Paramount among these objectives is the efficient utilization of time, financial resources, and energy, while optimizing the outcomes achieved. Presently, the advancement of in...

Flying ad hoc network (FANET) is a technology that has seen tremendous growth in the past years due to its application in various military and civil developments. Conventional topology‐aided routing schemes are not suitable for large‐scale FANETs. This is because of the higher mobility rate in UAVs with the architecture differences. Hence, several...

INTRODUCTION: FANETs are a type of wireless communication network consisting of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones that work collaboratively to process data and attain optimal results. These networks have achieved significant attention due to their potential applications in diverse engineering fields. The paper provides a comprehensive analy...

This study provides an architectural framework and a comprehensive examination of how the combination of threshold key management, privacy-enhancing technologies (e.g., homomorphic encryption, secure multi-party computation), and decentralised ledger technologies (DLT) enhances the security and privacy of vehicle ad-hoc networks (VANETs). We also e...

The research introduces a priority-based fog computing model designed to mitigate delay and latency challenges in connected vehicles within smart cities. This model utilizes VANET (Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks) and fog computing as intermediaries between vehicles and the cloud, providing processing, storage, and networking capabilities. The goal is to...

Flying ad hoc network (FANET) is a new sub-domain of MANET (mobile ad hoc network) with moving nodes known as automated flying vehicles (AFV) carrying various loads such as cameras and sensors to work in a limited geographical area. AFV are wirelessly communicated in a peer-to-peer fashion through hello packets; this periodic hello packet transmiss...

Clustering algorithm is the primary technology used in target clustering and group status analysis which are key features of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) control system. Due to variable application environment, the stability of the algorithm in the UAVs control system needs to be considered. K‐means clustering is a widely used method in inte...

Secure group communication in Vehicle Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) over open channels remains a challenging task. To enable secure group communications with conditional privacy, it is necessary to establish a secure session using Authenticated Key Agreement (AKA). However, existing AKAs suffer from problems such as cross-domain dynamic group session ke...

In many fields of Research, wireless sensor networks have grown in popularity. Depending on the dangerous situation the networks fields, there are more chances to attack wireless sensor network. This research explains how to locate rogue nodes in the networks based on investigation and responses from each node in the networks. In generally a malici...

To solve the security problems of the moving robot system in the fog network of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), this paper presents a privacy‐preserving data integration scheme in the moving robot system. First, a novel data collection enhancement algorithm is proposed to enhance the image effects, and a k‐anonymous location and data priv...

Many protocols, services, and electrical devices with built‐in sensors have been developed in response to the rapid expansion of the Internet of Things. Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) consist of a collection of autonomous mobile nodes that can form an ad hoc network in the absence of any pre‐existing infrastructure. System performance may suffer d...

Wireless network security is very important in security, privacy and confidentiality of our data and resources. It requires the use of network resources through encryption keys of packets to achieve authentication or authorization of users. It is therefore very paramount to investigate the effects and performances of pre-shared keys and radius serv...

With the development and popularization of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Vehicle Ad-Hoc Networks (VANETs) have attracted extensive attention as a key technology. In order to achieve real-time monitoring, VANET technology enables vehicles to collect real-time traffic updates through information collection devices and transmit this inform...

Ad hoc networks are made up of a collection of wireless mobile nodes that form a temporary network with no pre-existing infrastructure or centralized management.Routing policies are crucial in determining how traffic is forwarded across a network. Adhoc networks necessitate a routing method that is very adaptable. Finding the shortest path (SP) bet...

p>To address latency and throughput challenges in software defined networks (SDNs), the research investigates cognitive routing's revolutionary implications. In today's data-driven world, network performance optimisation is crucial. Cognitive routing is a dynamic and potentially disruptive network management technology. Cognitive routing, strengthe...

In-Vehicle Ad-Hoc Network (VANET), vehicles continuously transmit and receive spatiotemporal data with neighboring vehicles, thereby establishing a comprehensive 360-degree traffic awareness system. Vehicular Network safety applications facilitate the transmission of messages between vehicles that are near each other, at regular intervals, enhancin...

Disasters, whether natural or man-made, demand rapid and comprehensive responses. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones, have become essential in disaster scenarios, serving as crucial communication relays in areas with compromised infrastructure. They establish temporary networks, aiding coordination among emergency responders and facilitatin...

The emergence of a technological age, in which nearly everything is linked and accessible from anywhere, is largely due to the Internet. Hence, traditional Networks continue to be difficult and complex to operate despite their widespread deployment. As a consequence, it is challenging to set up the networks in accordance with the established protoc...

In vehicle ad hoc networks (VANETs), a beacon is a periodic message sent to nearby vehicles containing essential details like the sender’s vehicle ID, location, speed, and direction. Maintaining the freshness of this information without causing network congestion requires adaptive beaconing to adjust to changes in mobility and network density. Our...

In wireless communication systems, Wireless ad hoc network plays a significant role in the research domain. MANET is also an ad hoc network that build a temporary network to transmit data around the network utilizing multi-hop routers. MANET is utilized in various regions of life such as real-time information, network portioning, rescue operation,...

One of the significant challenges of the Radio over fibre (RoF) Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol is the propagation delay. This delay can lead to serious issues, such as higher propagation delay resulting in collisions and unnecessary retransmissions. Quantum entanglement is an excellent candidate to overcome the propagation delay of the RoF MA...

Flying Ad hoc Networks have emerged as a promising technology for number of real-time applications. However, the flexible and unstructured characteristics of these networks make them vulnerable to security threats posed by malicious nodes, such as denial of service attacks, node impersonation, and information breaches. Another major issue is the co...

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for military as well as civilian applications such as search and rescue operations, disaster management, parcel delivery and agriculture, is becoming increasingly popular, mainly due to their versatile nature and relatively inexpensive operating costs. However, one of the most significant barriers in the w...

This book presents a comprehensive exploration of LPWANs, delving into their fundamental concepts, underlying technologies, and the multifaceted challenges they tackle. This book recognizes that LPWANs don't operate in isolation; they are intimately intertwined with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) technologies, which play a piv...

Flying ad hoc network (FANET) is a new technology, which creates a self-organized wireless network containing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In FANET, routing protocols deal with important challenges due to limited energy, frequent failures in communication links, high mobility of UAVs, and limited communication range of UAVs. Thus, a suitable pa...

The advancement of wireless technology is affected by Spectrum scarcity and the overcrowding of free spectrum. Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks (CRAHNs) have emerged as a possible solution to both the scarcity and overcrowding challenges of the spectrum. The CRAHNs ensure that the Secondary Users (SUs) do co-exist with Primary Users (PUs) in a non-i...

With the rapid development of intelligent transportation, Vehicle Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) is becoming increasingly important.As a critical component of intelligent transportation systems, the Conditional Privacy-Preserving Authentication (CPPA) scheme plays a significant role in ensuring drivers' privacy and security.However, current CPPA schemes...

The rapid development of network technology makes the implementation of ubiquitous tasks possible in which the Flying Ad-Hoc Network(FANET) plays an important role. Control stations distributed in different task areas can control UAVs in FANET to complete a complex task. However, the application of FANET brings about problems of identity security a...

Routing of Flying Ad Hoc Networks (FANETs) is more challenging than traditional Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) due to the high mobility of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Reactive protocols that adjust routing according to the location and speed of UAVs are widely researched. In this work, a more aggressive routing protocol that is not only react...

The investigation of impromptu network routing algorithms has been a focal point in exploration of networks associated with Ad-Hoc systems. This study uses the OPNET simulation tool to classify and assess Ad-Hoc networking routing approaches in order to deal with multiple obstacles pertaining to the networking guidelines, which include inadequate a...

Flying ad hoc networks (FANETs) tackle diverse challenges, for example, dynamic topological structure, high mobility of nodes, low density, and energy restrictions. These challenges make problems in designing reliable and stable routing in FANETs. Hence, the design of a routing algorithm is essential for transferring data between drones. In this pa...

The wormhole attack is one of the most treacherous attacks projected at the routing layer that can bypass cryptographic measures and derail the entire communication network. It is too difficult to prevent a priori; all the possible countermeasures are either too expensive or ineffective. Indeed, literature solutions either require expensive hardwar...

For the first time, the influence of a Stratospheric Drone (SD) on data transmission in Vehicle Ad Hoc Network (VANET) was studied. Data transmission using SD requires reliable and fast two-way communication between the Service Provider (SP) unit, Road Side Unit (RSU), Vehicles and SD. Important questions are: whether existing terrestrial VANET can...

A Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) is a self-organized wireless system consisting of autonomous mobile nodes. It aims to provide reliable and secure communication in the world of wireless mobile devices. Energy consumption poses a significant challenge in MANETs due to limited battery life. Efficient energy management is crucial to sustain network con...

Wireless Medical Sensor Network (WMSN) is a kind of Ad-hoc Network that is used in the health sector to continuously monitor patients’ health conditions and provide instant medical services, over a distance. This network facilitates the transmission of real-time patient data, sensed by resource-constrained biosensors, to the end user through an ope...

Task allocation enables heterogeneous agents to execute heterogeneous tasks in the domain of unmanned aerial vehicles, while responding to dynamic changes in the environment and available resources to complete complex, multi-objective missions, leading to swarm intelligence. We propose a bio-inspired approach using digital pheromones to perform sca...