Origin, Growth, Events and Development of Mobile Ad Hoc Networking

all technologies need their time to develop. Nevertheless, we are experiencing hug growth of wireless networks. Wireless networks are of two types: infrastructure mode and ad hoc mode. In infrastructure mode, the mobiles stations (MS) are connected to a base station or Access Point (AP). This is similar to a star network where all the mobiles stations are attached to the base station. Through a protocol the base station manages the dialogues between the AP and the MS. In ad hoc mode; there is no access point or infrastructure. A number of mobile stations form a cluster to communicate with each other. Therefore, technically an ad hoc network (MANET) is an autonomous system of mobile stations connected by wireless links to form a network. This paper provide us with the origin, growth, events and development of dynamic field of mobile ad hoc networking to understand not only todays network, but tomorrows as well