MANET Approaches for Airborne Networks: A Survey

Abstract

An Airborne Network (AN) is defined as a form of MANET, containing at least one airborne node. But, the characteristics of the AN differ from the MANET significantly. The nodes of the AN are connected by much higher bandwidth links. The airborne nodes also have much greater line-of-sight distance that increases their possible connections. In this work, we present a survey on some aspects of ANs. We show the differences between the two network types and summarize some of the main works on AN research.

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