title: Wireless Network after Next
text: # Wireless Network after Next
  
  The Wireless Network after Next (WNaN) was a DARPA project to create and demonstrate an advanced tactical mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) that rapidly adapts to soldiers maneuvering in complicated environments, automatically determining the best radio frequencies and network paths to maximize connectivity and throughput. In 2010 it was successfully demonstrated in live military experiments containing up to 100 nodes, the largest military MANET demonstrated to that date.
  
  The Wireless Network after Next consisted of a novel radio platform, created by Cobham plc, and novel networking protocols, created by BBN Technologies:
  
  