draft-ros-autoconf-emap-02.txt
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Title : Extensible MANET Auto-configuration Protocol (EMAP)
Author(s) : P. Ruiz, F. Ros
Filename : draft-ros-autoconf-emap-02.txt
Pages : 27
Date : 2006-3-7
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks need an auto-configuration protocol being able
to satisfy their self-deployment requirements while remaining
flexible enough to accommodate special features for different
devices.
The Extensible Manet Auto-configuration Protocol (EMAP) tries to
fullfil these requirements both for IPv4 and IPv6 mobile ad hoc
networks. It provides auto-configuration mechanisms for isolated as
well as hybrid MANETs, and is envisioned to be integrated within
unicast routing protocols (like DYMO [1] or OLSRv2 [2]).
EMAP allows nodes to create a (highly likely) unique IP address which
can be used locally inside the MANET. In a similar way, nodes can
auto-configure globally routable IP addresses when one (or more)
gateways to the Internet are present in the network. The general
framework provided by the protocol may be used as a service discovery
protocol for MANETs. As an example, this document also specifies an
optional feature which consists on the discovery of DNS servers
reachable from the MANET. However, the approach is extensible to
other services like SIP proxies, authentication entities, etc.
Therefore, EMAP has been designed taking into consideration the
possibility of extending it later on with new features, uses, and
optimizations.
A permanent link to the draft can be found here: draft-ros-autoconf-emap-02.txt