Characteristics, Applications and Challenges in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANET): Overview

ABSTRACT A Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) is a contenting collection of mobile devices, the wireless network can reconfigure by itself contenting group of mobile devices. This network can work without any fixed infrastructure, the nodes in the networks work as router as well as host. This paper provides insight a comprehensive overview of Mobile Ad hoc networks. This paper also reviews the various characteristics, challenges, applications of MANETS. Moreover, routing protocol for MANET have been presented in this paper.