A distributed IP address assignment scheme in ad hoc networks. (14th January 2008)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sheu, Jang-Ping; Tu, Shin-Chih; Chan, Li-Hsiang
• Is Part Of: International journal of ad hoc and ubiquitous computing. Volume 3:Number 1(2008)
• Page Start: 10
• Page End: 20
• Publication Date: 2008-01-14
• Subjects: wireless networks -- ad hoc networks -- IP address assignment -- distributed assignment -- simulation; Ubiquitous computing -- Periodicals; Embedded computer systems -- Periodicals; Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing -- Periodicals; Wireless communication systems -- Periodicals; Computer architecture -- Periodicals; 004.2
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-8225

Abstract

In this paper, we present a scheme to assign IP address to each newly-joined node. First, some nodes are selected as coordinators. Then a new node will use the exchanged hello messages to find the closest coordinator and obtain a new IP address from that coordinator. In order to efficiently maintain the IP-address pools, the distributed coordinators are organised in a tree topology 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.