Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (manet)

In addition to this official charter maintained by the IETF Secretariat, there is additional information about this working group on the Web at:

       Additional MANET Page

Last Modified: 2006-10-02

Additional information is available at tools.ietf.org/wg/manet

Chair(s):

  • Joseph Macker <macker@itd.nrl.navy.mil>

  • Ian Chakeres <ian.chakeres@gmail.com>

    Routing Area Director(s):

  • Ross Callon <rcallon@juniper.net>
  • Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>

    Routing Area Advisor:

  • Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>

    Mailing Lists:

    General Discussion: manet@ietf.org
    To Subscribe: manet-request@ietf.org
    In Body: subscribe manet
    Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/manet/index.html

    Description of Working Group:

    The purpose of the MANET working group is to standardize IP routing
    protocol functionality suitable for wireless routing application within
    both static and dynamic topologies with increased dynamics due to node
    motion or other factors.

    Approaches are intended to be relatively lightweight in nature,
    suitable
    for multiple hardware and wireless environments, and address scenarios
    where MANETs are deployed at the edges of an IP infrastructure. Hybrid
    mesh infrastructures (e.g., a mixture of fixed and mobile routers)
    should also be supported by MANET specifications and management
    features.

    Using mature components from previous work on experimental reactive and
    proactive protocols, the WG will develop two Standards track routing
    protocol specifications:

    - Reactive MANET Protocol (RMP)
    - Proactive MANET Protocol (PMP)

    If significant commonality between RMRP and PMRP protocol modules is
    observed, the WG may decide to go with a converged approach. Both IPv4
    and IPv6 will be supported. Routing security requirements and issues
    will also be addressed.

    The MANET WG will also develop a scoped forwarding protocol that can
    efficiently flood data packets to all participating MANET nodes. The
    primary purpose of this mechanism is a simplified best effort multicast
    forwarding function. The use of this protocol is intended to be applied
    ONLY within MANET routing areas and the WG effort will be limited to
    routing layer design issues.

    The MANET WG will pay attention to the OSPF-MANET protocol work within
    the OSPF WG and IRTF work that is addressing research topics related to
    MANET environments.

    Goals and Milestones:

    Done  Post as an informational Internet-Drafts a discussion of mobile ad-hoc networking and issues.
    Done  Agenda bashing, discussion of charter and of mobile ad hoc networking draft.
    Done  Discuss proposed protocols and issues. Redefine charter.
    Done  Publish Informational RFC on manet design considerations
    Done  Review the WG Charter and update
    Done  Submit AODV specification to IESG for publication as Experimental RFC
    Done  Develop I-D for potential common manet encapsulation protocol approach
    Done  Submit initial I-D(s) of candidate proposed routing protocols and design frameworks
    Done  Promote implementation, revision, and testing of initial proposed I-D(s)
    Done  Explore basic performance and implementation issues of initial approaches
    Done  Explore proposed proactive protocol design commonalities
    Done  Submit DSR specification to IESG for publication as Experimental RFC
    Done  Submit OLSR specification to IESG for publication as Experimental RFC
    Done  Submit TBRPF specification to IESG for publication as Experimental RFC
    Done  Develop a further focused problem statement and address an approach for a common engineering work effort
    Done  Reevaluate the WG's potential based on the problem statement consensus
    Done  Submit initial ID of RMP for WG review
    Done  Submit initial ID of PMP for WG review
    Done  Submit inital ID of generalized MANET flooding approach
    Done  Revise WG documents and review
    Done  Document initial implementation progress and experience Revise documents based upon implementation experience
    Done  Submit initial WG ID on Neighborhood Discovery (NHDP)
    Dec 2006  Submit PacketBB to IESG
    Dec 2006  Submit initial WG ID on MIB for NHDP, DYMO, OLSRv2
    Apr 2007  Submit NHDP to IESG
    Apr 2007  Submit DYMO to IESG
    Apr 2007  Submit OLSRv2 to IESG
    Apr 2007  Submit SMF to IESG

    Internet-Drafts:

    The Dynamic Source Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (DSR) (264775 bytes)
    Dynamic MANET On-demand (DYMO) Routing (66669 bytes)
    Simplified Multicast Forwarding for MANET (71967 bytes)
    Generalized MANET Packet/Message Format (68344 bytes)

    Request For Comments:

    Mobile Ad hoc Networking (MANET): Routing Protocol Performance Issues and Evaluation Considerations (RFC 2501) (28912 bytes)
    Ad Hoc On Demand Distance Vector (AODV) Routing (RFC 3561) (90356 bytes)
    Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (RFC 3626) (161265 bytes)
    Topology Dissemination Based on Reverse-Path Forwarding (TBRPF) (RFC 3684) (107963 bytes)
    IETF Secretariat - Please send questions, comments, and/or suggestions to ietf-web@ietf.org.

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