Introduction

``In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice;
In practice, there is.''

- Chuck Reid

Recent years mobile communication has increased in usage and popularity. Devices get smaller, batteries live longer and communication protocols get more robust and offer more throughput. Tasks earlier handled by wired communication can now be done using wireless devices and technology, thus giving users the advantage of mobility.

The vision of mobile ad-hoc networking is to support robust and efficient operation in mobile wireless networks, by incorporating routing functionality into mobile nodes. Such networks can have dynamic, sometimes rapidly-changing, multi-hop topologies which are likely composed of relatively bandwidth-constrained wireless links.