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An address assignment for the automatic configuration of mobile ad hoc networks

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Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are infrastructure-less, multi-hop wireless networks, which can be deployed without any pre-existing setup. MANETs are mobile in nature and any node can join and leave the network at any time. Due to mobility, MANETs must be able to configure themselves without human intervention. Configuration (such as address assignment) of a node in such a network is an important issue. In this paper, we present a solution for address assignment, which is distributed in nature and can be used for IP address configuration in MANETs. Each node can allocate the address independent of others. Although our solution uses broadcast messages, results show that by fixing a few parameter values we can reduce the number of broadcast messages. We simulate the protocol and results show that our solution yields better performance those of the earlier algorithms.

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  1. We are considering an optimal value on the basis of the average number of broadcast messages

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The authors would like to thank the reviewers and the editor for their useful suggestions, which improved the quality of presentation of the paper.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India

    Abhishek Prakash Tayal & L. M. Patnaik

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Tayal, A.P., Patnaik, L.M. An address assignment for the automatic configuration of mobile ad hoc networks. Pers Ubiquit Comput 8, 47–54 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-003-0256-5

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