MANET mining: Mining step association rules

Mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a collection of autonomous nodes or terminals that communicate with each other by forming a multihop radio network. These nodes maintain connectivity in a decentralized manner. MANET is characterized by a rapidly changed topology. As a result packets select different multi-hops paths to reach their destinations. Even though packets are somehow independent from each other, there are still some hidden relations (patterns) among them. These relations may be utilized to give useful information to different MANET protocols. In this work association rule technique is applied to obtain these hidden relations.