<s>
Ad	B-Protocol
hoc	I-Protocol
Wireless	I-Protocol
Distribution	I-Protocol
Service	I-Protocol
(	O
AWDS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
layer	B-Protocol
2	I-Protocol
routing	O
protocol	O
to	O
connect	O
mobile	B-Protocol
ad	I-Protocol
hoc	I-Protocol
networks	I-Protocol
,	O
sometimes	O
called	O
wireless	O
mesh	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
link-state	B-Protocol
routing	I-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
,	O
similar	O
to	O
OLSR	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
AWDS	O
uses	O
a	O
link-state	B-Protocol
routing	I-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
for	O
organizing	O
the	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
other	O
implementations	O
like	O
OLSR	B-Protocol
it	O
operates	O
in	O
layer	B-Protocol
2	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
means	O
no	O
IP	B-Protocol
addresses	I-Protocol
must	O
be	O
assigned	O
because	O
the	O
unique	O
MAC	O
addresses	O
of	O
the	O
WLAN	B-Architecture
hardware	O
is	O
used	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
protocol	O
daemon	B-Operating_System
creates	O
a	O
virtual	O
network	O
interface	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
like	O
a	O
typical	O
LAN	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
list	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
ad	I-Protocol
hoc	I-Protocol
routing	I-Protocol
protocols	I-Protocol
contains	O
a	O
large	O
set	O
of	O
alternatives	O
.	O
</s>
