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What is QoS Adaptation

Chapter 62
Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications
The adaptation of the behavior of one or more network protocols according to the prevailing network conditions, so as to achieve QoS in the network.
Published in Chapter:
Quality of Service in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Winston K.G. Seah (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore) and Hwee-Xian Tan (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-993-9.ch062
Abstract
Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) form a class of multi-hop wireless networks that can easily be deployed on-the-fly. These are autonomous systems that do not require existing infrastructure; each participating node in the network acts as a host as well as a packet-forwarding router. In addition to the difficulties experienced by conventional wireless networks, such as wireless interference, noise and obstructions from the environment, hidden/exposed terminal problems, and limited physical security, MANETs are also characterized by dynamically changing network topology and energy constraints.
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