Cluster-Based Autoconfiguration for Mobile Ad hoc Networks

  • Authors:
  • Longjiang Li;Yunze Cai;Xiaoming Xu

  • Affiliations:
  • SCIE, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China 610054;Department of Automatic Control, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China;Department of Automatic Control, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China and University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, People's Republic of China and ...

  • Venue:
  • Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

IP address autoconfiguration of mobile nodes is highly desirable in the practical usage of most mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). This paper proposes cluster-based autoconfiguration, a novel approach for the efficient address autoconfiguration of MANETs. The cluster structure derived from clustering techniques is used to manage address assignment and conflict resolution. By introducing the concept of virtual address agents (AAs), the proposed approach can be applicable to many existing clustering protocols. Finally, analysis and simulation demonstrate that the proposed scheme outperforms the previous autoconfiguration approaches.