- Multicast routing protocols
- IP mobility support
- Unicast routing in ad-hoc networks
- Multicast routing in ad-hoc networks
- Power-aware protocols
- Hierarchy formation:
    - hierarchical routing in ad-hoc networks
    - self-organizing hierarchies
- Topology characterization
- Traffic characterization
- Forwarding algorithms (for fast unicast and/or multicast forwarding)
- Systematic testing techniques (may be stress-related)
- Multicast-based mobility support
- Network simulation techniques
- Reliable multicast protocols
- Multicast congestion control
- TCP over wireless