Wi-Fi Direct: Lessons learned

Adhoc networking was initially designed for military application area. But adhoc networks have been found also appealing for autonomous computing. The adhoc mode of IEEE 802.11 (Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS) has not been successful due to several reasons. Within this article we explore and compare two alternatives for adhoc network formation in heterogeneous environments: Wi-Fi P2P also known as Wi-Fi Direct, and Wi-Fi Hotspot. The comparison shows that there are usability, security and performance reasons to favor Hotspot for application development.

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