As the design challenges and the considerations are different for Adhoc networks and WSN so the routing protocols generally vary for both the paradigms. For example, energy consumption may be of great concern for WSN that may not be critical for ad hoc networks. Please see the file attached for more details and better understanding.

A wireless ad hoc network (WANET) or MANET (Mobile ad hoc network) is a decentralised type of wireless network. The network is ad hoc because it does not rely on a pre-existing infrastructure, such as routers in wired networks or access points in managed (infrastructure) wireless networks. Instead, each node participates in routing by forwarding data for other nodes, so the determination of which nodes forward data is made dynamically on the basis of network connectivity and the routing algorithm in use. In the Windows operating system, ad-hoc is a communication mode (setting) that allows computers to directly communicate with each other without a router. Wireless mobile ad hoc networks are self-configuring, dynamic networks in which nodes are free to move. Wireless networks lack the complexities of infrastructure setup and administration, enabling devices to create and join networks "on the fly" – anywhere, anytime.

An ad hoc sensor routing protocol is a convention, or standard, that controls how nodes decide which way to route packets between computing devices in a mobile ad hoc network. In ad hoc networks, nodes are not familiar with the topology of their networks. Instead, they have to discover it: typically, a new node announces its presence and listens for announcements broadcast by its neighbors. Each node learns about others nearby and how to reach them, and may announce that it too can reach them. Note that in a wider sense, ad hoc protocol can also be used literally, to mean an improvised and often impromptu protocol established for a specific purpose.

The following is a list of some ad hoc network routing protocol

Table-driven (proactive) routing On-demand (reactive) routing

Hybrid (both proactive and reactive) routing Hierarchical routing protocols

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WSN protocols are mainly energy-conception based algorithms. There is also the issue of security. This is due to that mostly sensors have limited power energy without possibility to get power again. For the Ad-hoc protocols, we can tolerate more energy conception (more security and QoS) because the devices can get power

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