Management of Ad-Hoc Networks

Rémi Badonnel (1) , Radu State (1) , Olivier Festor (1)

1 MADYNES - Management of dynamic networks and services

This chapter presents a state of the art of the management of ad-hoc networks and is structured as follows. We introduce ad-hoc networking and the challenges of ad-hoc networking management in Section 1.We present the main management paradigms and the underlying architectures in Section 2. Several application domains including monitoring, configuration and cooperation control are covered by Section 3. Finally, Section 4 concludes the chapter with a synthesis of research orientations in this domain.

Mots clés: Network Management; Ad-Hoc Networks

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Rémi Badonnel, Radu State, Olivier Festor. Management of Ad-Hoc Networks. Jan Bergstra and Mark Burgess. Handbook of Network and System Administration, Elsevier B.V., pp.331-360, 2007, 978-0-444-52198-9. ⟨inria-00153547⟩