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: 2009-04-22

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

Chair(s):

Routing Area Director(s):

Routing Area Advisor:

Secretary(ies):

Mailing Lists:

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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)
Done  Submit PacketBB to IESG
Done  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:

Simplified Multicast Forwarding (132951 bytes)
Definition of Managed Objects for the DYMO Manet Routing Protocol (72510 bytes)
Definition of Managed Objects for the Manet Simplified Multicast Framework Relay Set Process (99352 bytes)
Definition of Managed Objects for the Neighborhood Discovery Protocol (114847 bytes)
Definition of Managed Objects for the Optimized Link State Routing Protocol version 2 (126077 bytes)
MANET Cryptographical Signature TLV Definition (34501 bytes)
Definition of Managed Objects for Performance Reporting (147229 bytes)
Dynamic Link Exchange Protocol (DLEP) (140381 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)
The Dynamic Source Routing Protocol (DSR) for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks for IPv4 (RFC 4728) (265706 bytes)
Jitter considerations in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) (RFC 5148) (26379 bytes)
Generalized Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Packet/Message Format (RFC 5444) (139048 bytes)
Representing Multi-Value Time in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) (RFC 5497) (30653 bytes)
IANA Allocations for Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Protocols (RFC 5498) (8399 bytes)
Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Neighborhood Discovery Protocol (NHDP) (RFC 6130) (190678 bytes)