Research on Routing Protocols in Ad Hoc Networks

Wireless Ad Hoc network is a special structure of the wireless communication network, whose communication relies on their cooperation among the nodes and achieve it in the manner of wireless multi-hop. Therefore, this kind of network does not rely on any fixed infrastructure, and has the properties of self-organizing and self-managing. This special network mode makes ad hoc network not only apply to military communications, but also apply to civilian communication such as environmental monitoring, disaster site temporary communications and so on. At the same time, Ad Hoc network has properties of mobile communications and computer networks so it can be seen as a special type of mobile computer communications networks. In this paper, first, we will introduce some basic knowledge about the Ad Hoc networks, including the concept of Ad Hoc networks, characteristics, and then research a number of classic routing protocols of Ad Hoc Network.