Peer management for iTrust over Wi-Fi Direct

Author

Lombera, Isai Michel ; Moser, L.E. ; Melliar-Smith, P.M. ; Yung-Ting Chuang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

24-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper describes peer management for the iTrust peer-to-peer information publication, search and retrieval system using Wi-Fi Direct in a mobile ad-hoc network. We present the fundamental concept of the iTrust mobile ad-hoc network, the capabilities and limitations of Wi-Fi Direct on the Android platform, and our novel algorithm for managing peer connections. Specifically, we discuss how to acquire MAC addresses and associate peers with IP addresses in order to discover, connect and transfer data using Wi-Fi Direct on Android mobile devices. An Android device with Wi-Fi Direct hardware capabilities can automatically create and maintain a mobile ad-hoc network with nearby similarly configured mobile devices to enable peers to share information.

Keywords

Linux; access protocols; mobile ad hoc networks; peer-to-peer computing; wireless LAN; Android mobile device; IP address; MAC address; Wi-Fi Direct; data transfer; iTrust peer-to-peer information publication; mobile ad-hoc network; peer management; retrieval system; search system; Ad hoc networks; Androids; Humanoid robots; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Peer-to-peer computing; Android; Wi-Fi Direct; mobile ad-hoc network; peer-topeer network; search;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2013 16th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

ISSN

1347-6890

Type

conf

Filename

6618544