A Perspective on Next-Generation Ad Hoc Networks--A Proposal for an Open Community Network--

Kenichi MASE  Masakazu SENGOKU  Shoji SHINODA 

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences  Vol.E84-A  No.1  pp.98-106
Publication Date: 2001/01/01
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Print ISSN: 0916-8508
Type of Manuscript: INVITED PAPER (Special Section on the 10th Anniversary of the IEICE Transactions of Fundamentals: "Last Decade and 21st Century")
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Keyword: 
multihop,  wireless,  mobile communication,  ad hoc network,  community network, 

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Summary: 
The concept of wireless ad hoc networking has unique features in which neither base stations nor wired backbone networks are required and a mobile node can communicate with a partner beyond the transmission range by multihopping. In this paper, innovations and issues in ad hoc network technologies are reviewed. The concept of a general-purpose ad hoc network is identified as a step toward next-generation ad hoc network development. The concept of an open community network is then presented as a vision for general-purpose ad hoc networks. An open community network is a novel information infrastructure for local communities based on wireless multihopping technologies, which may support an advanced information-oriented society in the twenty-first century. As a case study, an experimental system using PHS (Personal Handy Phone System) is described and some research issues for developing an open community network are identified.