Lily pad network

Lily pad network is series of wireless access points spread over a large area, each connected to a different network and owned by different enterprises and people, Providing hotspots where wireless clients can connect to the Internet without regard for the particular networks to which they link.

This is in contrast with wireless community networks, where the access points are routing traffic between them, as well as a corporate wireless LAN where several access points are connected to the corporate network, and the members of the organization are supposed to stick to their own network.