Broadcasting is a major communication primitive
required by many applications and protocols in Mobile
Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs). Most of the research
conducted on broadcasting in MANETs has primarily
focused only on carefully selected evaluation
scenarios with respect to node density and node
mobility. Consequently, the developed broadcasting
schemes do not yield good performance for other
scenarios.

Node spatial distribution is a key issue for the
performance of broadcast protocols, since it
determines the connectivity of the MANET. Our survey
of potential MANET application scenarios shows a wide
range of possible node spatial distributions and node
mobilities. This leads to that a MANET generally
shows a continuously changing network connectivity
over space and time. Therefore, a generalized
solution for broadcasting that accounts for the
requirements of the various applications and adapts
to the heterogeneous and evolving node spatial
distribution and mobility is a major contribution. In
this book, we present hypergossiping, a novel
generalized broadcasting technique for MANETs. The
book is intended for professionals and researchers in
the communications industry and academia.