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CellularnetworkvsAdHoc
networkDifferencebetween
CellularnetworkandAdHoc
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GPRS

differencebetweenCellularnetworkandAdHocnetwork.

CDMA |

Therearethreetypesofwirelessnetworksviz.infrastructure,hybridand
adhoc.Letuscompareinfrastructurebasedandinfrastructureless
networktypes.

Cellularnetwork
cellularnetwork
CurrentlydeployedcellularwirelessnetworkssuchasGSM/CDMA/LTE
areinfrastructuretype.Cellularnetworkconsistsofcentralentityknown
asbasestationandmobiledevicesasMSs(MobileSubscribers).IfMS

TDSCDMA

UMTS |

SCADA |

GPS
WLAN |

802.11ac |

802.11ad
Zigbee |

zwave |

Bluetooth
UWB |

IoT |

Waveguide
Antenna |

BwantstocommunicatewithMSC,communicationhappensviabase

RFID

station(BTS)asshowninthefigure1.

Cloud |

RADAR |

Mixer |

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BeforedevelopmentofCellularnetworkusersareservedusingveryhigh
powertransmitterwhichusedtocoverrangeinKmsbutatthecostof
highpower.Lateroncellularnetworksconsistingofmanylowpower
transmitterscoveringmoresubscriberswithinitscoveragereachhave
beendesignedanddeveloped.ThemainfunctionofCellularnetworkis
toincreasemoreandmoresubscribercapacity.Duetolowpower

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transmitters,theareaisdividedintosmallcells,eachservedbyone

wireless|5G|LiFi|

basestation(i.e.BTSinGSM)each.Allthebasestationsareconnected

LoRa|NFC|Infrared|RF

indifferenttopologyconfigurations.TheseBTSsareconnectedwith

measurements|VSAT|

MSCsandothercellularinfrastructuresystems.

Diode|SS7|Networking|
NetworkSecurity|FTTH|

Therearetwotypescellsviz.Macrocellandmicrocell.Macrocellcovers

KNX|WAP|MobileIP|

1to20KmwhileMicrocellcovers0.1to1Km.Macrocelluseshigh

OpticalWireless|

powertransmitterswhilemicrocelluseslowpowertransmitters.Access
techniquessuchasTDMA,FDMAandCDMAaremainlyemployedin
ordertoenhancethesupportedcapacityofsubscribersinacellular
network.Itisreferredassinglehoppedsystem.
ReferCellularcommunicationtutorial.

AdHocnetwork

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Theadhocnetworksoperateofitsownwithouttheneedofany
infrastructure.Theyarecalledselforganizingnetworks.Itutilizesmulti
hopradiorelayconceptandhenceareknownasmultihoppednetworks.
Asthereisnocentralentitysuchasbasestation,routingandresource
management(i.efrequency)arecomplexcomparetocellularnetwork.
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Thecellboundaryshowninfigure2hasnosignificance,itisjust
mentionedforrepresentativepurposeonly.Thecommunicationbetween
MSAtoMSCgoesthroughMSD.
Examples:MeshnetworksandWSNnetworks.
Thenodesinadhocnetworksareverycomplexastheyneedtohouse
transmitter,receiverandroutingfunctionalities.
ReferWLANAdhocvsInfrastructuremode.
FollowingtablecomparesCellularnetworkvsAdHocnetworkwith
respecttovarioussystemparameters.

Parameters

Cellularnetwork

AdHocnetwork

Network
routing

Centralized,allthetrafficgoes
throughtheBaseStation

Distributed,No
centralized
systemsuchas
Basestation
needed

Switching
Type

CircuitSwitching

PacketSwitching

Numberof
Hops

singlehoptype

Multiplehops

Topology

Star

Mesh

Application

Designedanddevelopedfor
voicetraffic

Designedtomeet
besteffortdata
traffic
requirements

Costand
timefor
installation

Highercostandtakesmoretime
fordeployment

Lowercostand
doesnottake
moretimefor
deployment

Calldrops

Lowcalldropsduringmobility
duetoseamlessconnectivity
acrossregion

Higherbreaksin
thepathduring
mobility

Network
maintenance

requiresperiodicmaintenance
andhenceitiscostly.

nodesareself
organisingand
henceitisless
costly.

Frequency
reuse

Itutilizessamefrequency
channelsinthenearbycellswith
properRFplanningandantenna
placement.Thisisknownas
staticfrequencyreuse.

Dynamic
frequencyreuse
isemployed
usingcarrier
sense
mechanism.

Bandwidth
TheallocationofBWis
Theallocationof
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Bandwidth
(BW)
mechanism

TheallocationofBWis
guaranteedandeasy.

Technologies

IS95,IS136,GSM,Mobile
WiMAX,CDMA,LTE

Theallocationof
BWisbasedon
sharedchannel
usingcomplex
MACalgorithms.

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TighteningSparameters

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