Chapter overview

Mobile ad-hoc networks are introduced in chapter 2. This chapter also introduces the basics of wireless data-communication and other related technology. Three of the routing protocols proposed by the Internet Engineering Task Force(IETF) are also presented in this chapter.

OLSR operation is described in detail in chapters 3 and 4.

The process of implementing the OLSR protocol is described in chapters 5, 6 and 7. An interface to enable the use of plugins is described in chapter 8 and a Graphical User Interface for the OLSR implementation is presented in chapter 9.

Chapters 11 to 13 presents extensions to the OLSR implementation. In chapter 11 a solution for securing OLSR is described. This solution provides integrity for OLSR control traffic. In chapter 12 an IP address auto-configuration protocol is presented. This protocol allows unconfigured hosts to connect to a MANET and receive an IP address to become a member of the routing domain. In chapter 13 problems and solutions to Internet connectivity in OLSR is discussed. Here, a solution including tunneling of traffic to Internet gateways is presented.

Finally, concluding remarks are made in chapter 14.