Title :
A distributed IP address assignment scheme for ad hoc networks
Author :
Sheu, Jang-Ping ; Tu, Shin-Chih ; Chan, Li-Hsiang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Nat. Central Univ., Jhongli, Taiwan
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a scheme to assign IP address to each newly-joined node. Some nodes are assigned as coordinators, and are responsible for assigning an IP address to a new node in the network. A new node uses the exchanged hello messages to find the closest coordinator and obtain a new IP address from that coordinator. In order to efficiently maintain the coordinators´ IP address pools, the distributed coordinators are organized in a tree topology, called a virtual C-tree, by exchanging hello messages. Simulation results show that our proposed scheme has a low latency for obtaining a new IP address, and that it can efficiently maintain consistent IP address pools.
Keywords :
IP networks; ad hoc networks; telecommunication network topology; trees (mathematics); IP address pool; ad hoc networks; distributed IP address assignment; distributed coordinator; tree topology; virtual C-tree; Ad hoc networks; Application software; Computer science; Delay; IP networks; Mobile ad hoc networks; Network servers; Network topology; Web server; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2005. Proceedings. 11th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2281-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICPADS.2005.19