Gateway Aggregation Protocol GAP for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks draftmaseautoconfgap00, May 2006

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IETF-66 Autoconf WG
Gateway Aggregation Protocol (GAP) for
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks draft-mase-autoconf-gap-
00, May 2006

Kenichi Mase, Niigata University Yasunori Owada,
Niigata University
July 12, 2006
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Problem statement

• A node may select a different IGW for
  communication efficiency.
• ? Configure a new global address using a new
  prefix.
• Aim of GAP
• Suppress change in the global address.
• Eliminate route re-construction time.

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GAP Mechanism
A Tunnel through the Internet(IP-IP Capsulation)
a
AR ? IGW
IGW-ADV
AR
Prefix a
a
IGW-ADV
MN
MN
a
a
a
MN
Distant Vector/MANET routing protocol may run on
ARs and IGW.
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A procedure of address configuration in GAP
Configure a global address
IGW_REG
Configure a NANET local address
IGW_REG_ACK
MN_REG
MN_REG_ACK
IGW_ADV
IGW_ADV
AR_REG
AR_REG_ACK
IGW_ADV
Configure a global address