Router Design in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Chris Ramming

My statement will concern mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs). Both experience
and theory suggest that we may need to revisit some widely-held assumptions
about network architecture to compensate for the challenges of mobility,
spectrum limitations, multicast, and wireless broadcast advantage. Using
examples from ongoing research in the DARPA CBMANET and ITMANET programs, I
will illustrate how router design and perhaps even the concept of routing
itself might need to evolve to support future MANETs.