"Multi-Hop Wireless Networks: A Perspective"
Violet Syrotiuk

About 40 years ago, packet switching proved itself as a viable alternative to circuit switching as an approach to moving data through a network of links and switches. This idea was pushed further in mobile ad hoc networks, where the wireless nodes self-organize without any centralized infrastructure or control. Research on these multi-hop networks has now evolved in many directions and includes architectures such as wireless sensor networks, wireless mesh networks, vehicular ad hoc networks, disruption tolerant networks, and the integration of ad hoc and cellular networks. This talk starts at the beginning of mobile ad hoc networks, the DARPA PR and SURAN programs, and brings us to present day descendants, highlighting open research problems along the way.