UCAM-CL-TR-708: IDRM: Inter-Domain Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

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Publication announcement:

IDRM: Inter-Domain Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Chi-Kin Chau, Jon Crowcroft, Kang-Won Lee, Starsky H.Y. Wong

Technical report UCAM-CL-TR-708, University of Cambridge,
Computer Laboratory, January 2008, 24 pages.

This document is now available at

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-708.html

Abstract:

Inter-domain routing is an important component to allow interoperation
among heterogeneous network domains operated by different organizations.
Although inter-domain routing has been extensively studied in the
Internet, it remains relatively unexplored in the Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
(MANETs) space. In MANETs, the inter-domain routing problem is
challenged by: (1) dynamic network topology, and (2) diverse
intra-domain ad hoc routing protocols. In this paper, we propose a
networking protocol called IDRM (Inter-Domain Routing Protocol for
MANETs) to enable interoperation among MANETs. IDRM can handle the
dynamic nature of MANETs and support policy-based routing similarly to
BGP. We first discuss the design challenges for inter-domain routing in
MANETs, and then present the design of IDRM with illustrative examples.
Finally, we present a simulation-based study to understand the
operational effectiveness of inter-domain routing and show that the
overhead of IDRM is moderate.

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