ADHOCNETS

Ad hoc networking covers a variety of network paradigms, such as mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), wireless sensor networks (WSNs), vehicular networks, underwater networks, airborne networks, home networks, and etc., with applications ranging from commercial to military communication networks. Over the last decade, ad hoc networking has attracted a lot of attention from both the research community and private industry. Many efforts have been devoted to this area, producing enormous contributions addressing the fundamental issues of ad hoc networking including modeling, protocol and algorithm design, and security architectures and mechanisms etc. Although ad hoc networking has been largely considered in military contexts in the past, recently, its commercial applications have been seen to grow substantially. Now, we believe, it is the time to invest greater research efforts into addressing the challenges related to commercial applications, and bring the huge potentials of ad hoc networking and years of research and development beyond military applications. At AdHocNets 2016, you will find the opportunities to discuss with your peer researchers from around the world the latest advances in this constantly evolving field, and hear about recent developments in new commercial applications of ad hoc networking.