A scalable distributed dynamic address allocation protocol for ad-hoc networks

  • Authors:
  • Yusuf Ozturk;Vaibhav Nagarnaik

  • Affiliations:
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA;Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA

  • Venue:
  • Wireless Networks
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Dynamic address allocation is an essential part in effective configuration and maintenance of a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET). In this paper, we present a new distributed dynamic address allocation protocol minimizing address allocation latency and communication overhead. Through analytic evaluation and experimental measurements, we show that scalability and faster recovery from failures can be achieved by dynamic address allocation. The dynamic address assignment protocol presented here requires a low memory footprint while supporting unicast, broadcast and multicast communication. A performance analysis of the proposed address allocation protocol is given in terms of address allocation latency and communication overhead. Node and Network mobility is addressed from the point of dynamic address management. The dynamic address allocation protocol is implemented on a TinyOS platform over a cluster tree network.