Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (manet) ------------------------------ Charter Last Modified: 24-Oct-97 Current Status: Active Working Group Chair(s): Joseph Macker Scott Corson Routing Area Director(s): Joel Halpern Routing Area Advisor: Joel Halpern Mailing Lists: General Discussion:manet@itd.nrl.navy.mil To Subscribe: majordomo@itd.nrl.navy.mil In Body: subscribe manet Archive: Description of Working Group: A "mobile ad-hoc network" is an autonomous system of mobile routers (and associated hosts) connected by wireless links--the union of which form an arbitrary graph. The routers are free to move randomly and organize themselves arbitrarily; thus, the network's wireless topology may change rapidly and unpredictably. Such a network may operate in a standalone fashion, or may be connected to the larger Internet. The focus of the working group will be to standardize an intra-domain unicast routing protocol which efficiently reacts to topological changes while maintaining effective routing. The goal is to support networks scaling up to hundreds of routers. If this proves successful, future work may include development of other protocols to support additional routing functionality. The working group will examine the security issues around this protocol. They will consider the intended usage environments, and the threats that are (or are not) meaningful within that environment. Goals and Milestones: Jul 97 Post as an informational Internet-Drafts a discussion of mobile ad-hoc networking and issues. Aug 97 Agenda bashing, discussion of charter and of mobile ad hoc networking draft. Oct 97 Post Internet-Drafts for candidate protocols. Dec 97 Discuss proposed protocols. Obtain early performance results for the protocols. Apr 98 Obtain comparative performance results for the protocols. Implement the various protocols and test. Aug 98 Reach consensus on a mobile, ad-hoc unicast routing protocol. Dec 98 Document mobile ad-hoc routing protocol and submit to the IESG as a proposed standard, including security threat analysis. Internet-Drafts: Posted Revised I-D Title ------ ------- ------------------------------------------ Sep 97 New Mobile Ad hoc Networking (MANET): Routing Protocol Performance Issues and Evaluation Considerations Oct 97 New Mobile Ad Hoc Networking Terminology Request For Comments: None to date.