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In mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) mobile nodes do not have access to a fixed network infrastructure and they set up a communication network by themselves. MANETs require implementation of a wireless Medium Access Control (MAC) layer. Existing MAC algorithms that consider no mobility, solve the problem of eventually guaranteeing every node with a share of the communications bandwidth. In the context of MANETs, we ask: Is there an efficient MAC algorithm when mobility is considered?

MANETs are subject to transient faults, from which self-stabilizing systems can recover. The self-stabilization design criteria, and related concepts of self-⋆, liberate the application designer from dealing with low-level complications, and provide an important level of abstraction. Whereas stabilization criteria are important for the development of autonomous systems, adaptation is imperative for coping with …