Management of OLSRv2-based networks
MANET routing protocols are commonly assumed to be entirely self-managing: routers, running such a protocol, perceive the topology of the MANET by means of control message exchange. Any change to the topology is reflected in the local routing tables of each router after a bounded convergence time, which allows forwarding of data traffic towards its intended destination. Usually, no human interaction is required, as all variable parameters required by the routing protocol are either negotiated in the control traffic exchange, or are only of local importance to each router (i.e. do not influence interoperability).
However, external management and monitoring of a MANET routing protocol may be desirable to optimize parameters of the routing protocol. Such an optimization may lead to a more stable perceived topology and to a lower control traffic overhead, and therefore to a higher delivery success ratio of data packets, a lower end-to-end delay, and less unnecessary bandwidth and energy usage. Such optimizations facilitate to scale the network to a large number of routers.
However, external management and monitoring of a MANET routing protocol may be desirable to optimize parameters of the routing protocol. Such an optimization may lead to a more stable perceived topology and to a lower control traffic overhead, and therefore to a higher delivery success ratio of data packets, a lower end-to-end delay, and less unnecessary bandwidth and energy usage. Such optimizations facilitate to scale the network to a large number of routers.
Publications
- U. Herberg, T. Clausen, R. Cole, "MANET Network Management and Performance Monitoring for NHDP and OLSRv2", Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Network and Services Management (CNSM), October 2010
Research Reports
- U. Herberg, Performance Analysis of SNMP in OLSRv2-routed MANETs, INRIA research report 7407, October 2010
- T. Clausen, U. Herberg, MANET Network Management and Performance Monitoring for NHDP and OLSRv2, INRIA research report 7311, June 2010
Standardization Body Contributions
- U. Herberg, R. Cole, I. Chakeres, Definition of Managed Objects for the Neighborhood Discovery Protocol, Internet Draft (work in progress), draft-ietf-manet-nhdp-mib-07, January 2011
- U. Herberg, R. Cole, T. Clausen, Definition of Managed Objects for the MANET Optimized Link State Routing Protocol version 2, Internet Draft (work in progress), draft-ietf-manet-olsrv2-mib-03, January 2011