Ad-hoc Wireless Distribution Service

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AWDS is a layer 2 wireless mesh routing to connect mobile ad-hoc networks, sometimes called wireless mesh networks. It is based on a link-state routing protocol, simmilar to OLSR.

[edit] Principle of Operation

AWDS uses a link-state routing protocol for organizing the network. In contrast to other implementations like OLSR it operates in the layer 2. That means, no IP addresses must be assigned because the unique MAC adresses of the WLAN hardware is used instead. Furthermore, all kinds of layer 3 protocols can be used, like IP, DHCP, IPv6, IPX, etc. The protocol daemon creates a virtual network interface, which can be used by the kernel like a typical LAN interface.

[edit] Alternatives

The ad hoc routing protocol list contains a large set of alternatives. However, most of them are academic and do not exist as implementation.

[edit] External Links

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