On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 06:00 PM, Greg Herlein wrote:
FYI, the IETF has a working group - "MANET" - that is standardizing routing
protocols for wireless 'ad hoc' networks:
http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/manet-charter.html
I think this is all the original poster was wanting. A very fast glance shows 4 drafts and one RFC that seem highly directed toward the kind of network the poster was envisioning. I plan on doing some reading tonight... :)
Yeah. They seem really similar but there are some differences too. Similarities: both are ad-hoc, both are wireless, both are hopefully self-configuring (well, w.r.t. CWN that's my opinion). Differences: CWNs are immobile, battery power is not an issue for CWNs. I'm not clear yet whether the manet work considers the question of directional antennas.
simon
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