Abstract
This is a 2-part course. The Advanced Protocols for Wireless Ad-hoc Networks will illustrate that in Ad-Hoc networks where there is no underlying fixed infrastructure, tasks such as network self-organization, mobility management, adaptive route detection for unicast and multicast applications, and provisioning of Gateway functionality to interconnect the ad-hoc network to the rest of the Internet space must be handled according to rules that are unique to the ad-hoc nature of the system. Topics related to support of QoS at various network layers will also be discussed, with emphasis on layers 2, 3, and 4 of the network. We will investigate the performance of these protocols in terms of their level of scalability to different sizes, and traffic loads. Topics of security will also be discussed.

Educational Course Subject Areas
Computer Engineering ,  Networking ,  Software ,  Communications ,  Vehicular Technology

Keywords
802.11 ,  Access Point ,  Core Based Tree routing ,  Delay Tolerant Networking ,  Denial of Service ,  Differentiated Services ,  DiffServ ,  Distance Vector ,  Multicast Routing Protocol algorithm ,  Extensible Authentication Protocol ,  Internet Group Management Protocol ,  Integrated Services ,  IP Security ,  Intercept ,  Multicast extensions ,  MobileIP ,  Network Address Translation ,  Multicast Routing Protocol ,  Protocol Independent Multicast routing algorithm ,  Protocol for Unified Multicast through Announcements ,  QoS ,  Quality of Service ,  RADIUS ,  Service Set Identifier ,  Secure Sockets Layer ,  Mobile Station ,  Wired Equivalent Privacy ,  WiFi Protected Access