Towards commercialization of ad hoc networks

Ad hoc networks have seen useful applications in military environments. However, partly due to the lack of research in the area, and because of characteristics of existing ad hoc routing protocols, commercial fields of application for ad hoc networks are hard to find. We focus on specific fields of application and assess the viability of using ad hoc networks in those fields. We examine in particular the emergency fire-fighting scenario and present some simulation results using simulated movement traces of fire fighters in typical fire-fighting tasks.