The Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) has emerged as the next frontier for wireless communications networking in both the military and commercial arena. Handbook of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks for Mobility Models introduces 40 different major mobility models along with numerous associate mobility models to be used in a variety of MANET networking environments in the ground, air, space, and/or under water mobile vehicles and/or handheld devices. These vehicles include cars, armors, ships, under-sea vehicles, manned and unmanned airborne vehicles, spacecrafts and more. This handbook also describes how each mobility pattern affects the MANET performance from physical to application layer; such as throughput capacity, delay, jitter, packet loss and packet delivery ratio, longevity of route, route overhead, reliability, and survivability. Case studies, examples, and exercises are provided throughout the book.

Describes 40 different major mobility models along with numerous associate mobility models and their impact on MANET performances comprehensively

Mobility Models.- Individual Mobility Models.- Random Walk Mobility.- Group Mobility Models.- Reference Point Group Mobility.- Autoregressive Mobiliy Models.- Flocking and Swarm Mobility Models.- Virtual Game-Driven Mobility Models.- Non-Recurrent Mobility MOdels.- Time-Variant Community Mobility Model.- Knowledge-Driven Mobility Model.- References.