A MANET network is an ad hoc wireless network defined by mobile nodes and which has a routing function. This type of network is subject to random disconnection and reconnection.
Université Paris-Sud 11, CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research) and INRIA (French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control) are working together to develop GRAD, middleware designed to tackle disconnection problems with ad hoc networks (MANET).
GRAD will make the user able to re-establish the connection when a session is interrupted. Thanks to it, it will be possible to record the information when a node is disconnected, thereby significantly strengthening networks subject to recurring disconnection.
GRAD can be used for military applications, general mobile networks or multi-player network based games.