Ad hoc network

{{Short description|Technology that allows network communications on an ad hoc basis}}

An ad hoc network refers to technologies that allow network communications on an ad hoc basis.{{citation |chapter-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274638337 |chapter=A Survey on Centralised and Distributed Clustering Routing Algorithms for WSNs |author1=Morteza M. Zanjireh |author2=Hadi Larijani |title=2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring) |date=May 2015 |pages=1–6 |doi=10.1109/VTCSpring.2015.7145650|isbn=978-1-4799-8088-8 |s2cid=23911051 }} Associated technologies include:

• Wireless ad hoc network
• Mobile ad hoc network
• Vehicular ad hoc network
• Intelligent vehicular ad hoc network
• Protocols associated with ad hoc networking
• Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing
• Ad Hoc Configuration Protocol
• Smart phone ad hoc network
• Ad hoc wireless distribution service