The concept of a hybrid MANET-Satellite network is a natural evolution of considering the problem of providing local and remote connectivity in a highly mobile, dynamic and often remote environment.

This combination raises significant challenges in terms of optimising network resources, link availability, providing Quality of Service (QoS) and Quality of Experience (QoE) and minimizing costs and energy. Issues such as the re-organisation of MANET to connect to satellite access points, re-organisation of the satellite access points, selection of which satellite access points to use, the use of satellite as a relay between two MANET, the adjustment of routing in accordance with the current network situation and the exchange of cross layer information to improve resource management will be investigated in MONET.

The MONET project will address these objectives by researching, developing and validating solutions focusing on the link and network layers of the composite network. Finally, this research intends to test the feasibility of researched optimi-zations and proposed solutions in a scenario representative of a real life application.