Ad hoc Wireless Distribution Service (AWDS) is a layer 2 routing protocol to connect mobile ad hoc networks, sometimes called wireless mesh networks.
It is based on a link-state routing protocol, similar to OLSR.
AWDS uses a link-state routing protocol for organizing the network.
Furthermore, all kinds of layer 3 protocols can be used, like IP, DHCP, IPv6, IPX, etc.
The list of ad hoc routing protocols contains a large set of alternatives.