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What is Ad Hoc Network

Chapter 21
Handbook of Research on ICTs and Management Systems for Improving Efficiency in Healthcare and Social Care
It is the possibility of connection and communication between devices without the use of a dedicated network infrastructure.
Published in Chapter:
Pervasive Multiplatform Health Care Support
Álvaro Alvares de Carvalho César Sobrinho (Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil), Leandro Dias da Silva (Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil), Leonardo Melo de Medeiros (Federal Institute of Alagoas, Brazil & Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil), and Ana Cláudia de Brito Câmara (Estadual University of Health Sciences of Alagoas, Brazil)
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3990-4.ch021
Abstract
In recent years, there has been a great advancement in technology for wireless communication. This facilitates the availability of devices using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi that allows other devices to exchange information and actions. Consequently, the paradigm of pervasive computing is increasingly present in several areas assisting to conduct various types of activities. Healthcare is one of the important sectors that benefits from this paradigm. The clinical monitoring associated with the control of Electronic Health Record from patients has the potential to offer better care for their health and improve their everyday life. This chapter presents a study about the use of the pervasive computing paradigm for health care through the development of a multiplatform tool for mobile devices.
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Chapter 21
Pervasive Multiplatform Health Care Support
It is the possibility of connection and communication between devices without the use of a dedicated network infrastructure.
Published in Chapter: Pervasive Multiplatform Health Care Support; From: Handbook of Research on ICTs and Management Systems for Improving Efficiency in Healthcare and Social Care
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Chapter 216
Thematic-Based Group Communication
A network which does not need any infrastructure. Such network is the Bluetooth.
Published in Chapter: Thematic-Based Group Communication; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Chapter 25
Mobile Agents for a Mobile World
A network that does not need a preexisting infrastructure and instead uses temporary connections established dynamically between the nodes that participate in the network. These nodes act as relays forwarding the data they receive to one or more of their neighbors in order to route them to the destination.
Published in Chapter: Mobile Agents for a Mobile World; From: Handbook of Research on Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering
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Chapter 96
Thematic-Based Group Communication
It is a network which does not need any infrastructure. An example of such a network is the Bluetooth.
Published in Chapter: Thematic-Based Group Communication; From: Encyclopedia of E-Collaboration
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Chapter 205
Mobile Educational Technology
Peer-to-peer 802.11 network formed automatically when several computers come together without an access point. Such computers can exchange data within the network, but cannot access the Internet
Published in Chapter: Mobile Educational Technology; From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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Chapter 32
A Novel Secure Video Surveillance System Over Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
A local area network created for a specific purpose and established for a single session and does not require a router or a wireless base station. Specially, a wireless ad hoc network is a self-organized computer network with wireless communication links.
Published in Chapter: A Novel Secure Video Surveillance System Over Wireless Ad Hoc Networks; From: Handbook of Research on Wireless Security
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Chapter 39
Mobile Software Agents for Mobile Applications
A network whose nodes may not be directly connected and need to use a number of other intermediate nodes as relays to transfer data.
Published in Chapter: Mobile Software Agents for Mobile Applications; From: Handbook of Research on Mobile Software Engineering: Design, Implementation, and Emergent Applications
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Chapter 13
A Clustering Model of the Application-Level Multicast
A network which does not need any infrastructure. Bluetooth is such a network.
Published in Chapter: A Clustering Model of the Application-Level Multicast; From: Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications
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Chapter 8
A Study of Research Trends and Issues in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
A network that is formed on the fly without any prior planning and infrastructure.
Published in Chapter: A Study of Research Trends and Issues in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks; From: Handbook of Research on Progressive Trends in Wireless Communications and Networking
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Chapter 407
Mobile Ad Hoc Network Security Vulnerabilities
A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a kind of wireless ad hoc network, and is a self-configuring network of mobile routers (and associated hosts) connected by wireless links—the union of which form an arbitrary topology.
Published in Chapter: Mobile Ad Hoc Network Security Vulnerabilities; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 3
Towards Medical Systems to Aid the Detection and Treatment of Chronic Diseases
It is the possibility of connection and communication between devices without the use of a dedicated network infrastructure.
Published in Chapter: Towards Medical Systems to Aid the Detection and Treatment of Chronic Diseases; From: Handbook of Research on Trends in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Conditions
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Chapter 2
Routing in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
is a self-configuring network of mobile devices connected by wireless links.
Published in Chapter: Routing in Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks; From: Handbook of Research on Mobility and Computing: Evolving Technologies and Ubiquitous Impacts
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Chapter 567
A Graph-Intersection-Based Algorithm to Determine Maximum Lifetime Communication Topologies for Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks
A decentralized and self-organized network of wireless nodes without any a priori dependence on any infrastructure.
Published in Chapter: A Graph-Intersection-Based Algorithm to Determine Maximum Lifetime Communication Topologies for Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 5
Security in Ad Hoc Network and Computing Paradigms
A network of mobile nodes with temporary connection established for a specific purpose e.g. , transferring file from one node to another node.
Published in Chapter: Security in Ad Hoc Network and Computing Paradigms; From: Handbook of Research on Modern Cryptographic Solutions for Computer and Cyber Security
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