Auto-Configuration Protocols in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

The TCP/IP protocol allows the different nodes in a network to communicate by associating a different IP address to each node. In wired or wireless networks with infrastructure, we have a server or node acting as such which correctly assigns IP addresses, but in mobile ad hoc networks there is no su...

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Autores: García Villalba, Luis Javier, García Matesanz, Julián, Sandoval Orozco, Ana Lucila, Márquez Díaz, José Duván
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/42184
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42184
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:004.7
Auto-configuration protocol
Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET)
IP address assignment
distributed dynamic host configuration protocol
D2HCP
routing protocol
Redes
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Sumario:The TCP/IP protocol allows the different nodes in a network to communicate by associating a different IP address to each node. In wired or wireless networks with infrastructure, we have a server or node acting as such which correctly assigns IP addresses, but in mobile ad hoc networks there is no such centralized entity capable of carrying out this function. Therefore, a protocol is needed to perform the network configuration automatically and in a dynamic way, which will use all nodes in the network (or part thereof) as if they were servers that manage IP addresses. This article reviews the major proposed auto-configuration protocols for mobile ad hoc networks, with particular emphasis on one of the most recent: D2HCP. This work also includes a comparison of auto-configuration protocols for mobile ad hoc networks by specifying the most relevant metrics, such as a guarantee of uniqueness, overhead, latency, dependency on the routing protocol and uniformity.