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AODV Extensions for MANET Clustering
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draft-ahn-manet-clustering-aodv-00
MANET Working Group                                         Sanghyun Ahn 
Internet Draft                                       University of Seoul
Expires: May 27, 2013                                   December 3, 2012 

                                     
                  AODV Extensions for MANET Clustering 
                 draft-ahn-manet-clustering-aodv-00.txt 

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Abstract

   This document describes an extention on AODV [1] so that clustering
   of MANET nodes can be allowed for the improvement of MANET
   scalability. MANET clustering requires some MANET nodes to become
   Cluster Heads (CHs) and each non-CH MANET nodes to belong to any one
   appropriate cluster which is represented by a CH node.In this draft,
   AODV control messages are extended for MANET clustering.  

Table of Contents

   1.  Requirements notation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3 
   2.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   3.  Terminology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   4.  Extensions on AODV Control Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
       4.1 Cluster Anouncement (CLAN) Message Format  . . . . . . . .  4
       4.2 Cluster Join (CLJN) Message Format . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   5.  Operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   6.  Other Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6

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1.  Requirements notation

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

   
2.  Introduction

   In a MANET where a subset of nodes grouping together such as in an
   office environment with a set of departments, MANET clustering is a
   good choice for the efficient communication among MANET nodes.
   For MANET clustering, some nodes are required to act as clulster
   heads (CHs) and the others as cluster members (non-CH nodes).
   A CH announces its existence by sending out CH announcement messages
   and each non-CH node joins to any one cluster after receiving one or
   more CH announcement messages from its nearby CHs. The detailed
   MANET clustering architecture is defined in a companion draft [2].

   For this MANET clustering architecture to work in the MANET using
   AODV [1] as its routing protocol, AODV is required to be extended.
   Therefore, in this draft, we define how to extend AODV for the MANET
   clustering architecture of [2]. 

  
3.  Terminology

   Cluster Head         The representative node of a cluster; the
                        cluster head receives data from its cluster
                        members and forwards the data to the cluster
                        head of the cluster to which the destination
                        belongs, and vice versa.

   Cluster Member       The node belonging to a cluster

   Cluster Size         The maximum number of hops from a cluster head
                        to any one of its cluster members; assumed to
                        be k

   Cluster Announcement Message
                        The message sent by the cluster head to its
                        k-hop neighbors to indicate its willingness of
                        forwarding data from its cluster members

   Cluster Join Message The message sent by a node wishing to act as a
                        cluster member to the cluster head upon
                        receiving a Cluster Announcement message

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4.  Extensions on AODV Control Messages

   For the cluster announcement and the cluster join, we extend the RREQ
   and the RREP messages of AODV, respectively.

4.1 Cluster Anouncement (CLAN) Message Format

   If a node wishes to act as a CH, it should sends out a Cluster
   Announcement message to its k-hop neighbors, where k is the cluster
   size.

   The CLAN message is extended from the RREQ message of AODV.

    0                   1                   2                   3
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     Type      |J|R|G|D|U|C|     Reserved      |   Hop Count   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                            RREQ ID                            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Destination IP Address                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                  Destination Sequence Number                  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Originator IP Address                      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                  Originator Sequence Number                   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      Type           1

      C              Cluster flag; indicates whether this message is
                     a Cluster Announcement message

      Hop Count      The cluster size; the maximum number of hops from
                     the Originator IP Address to a cluster member

      Destination IP Address
                     The broadcast address (i.e., 255.255.255.255)

      Originator IP Address
                     The IP Address of the node which originated this
                     Cluster Announcement message

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4.2 Cluster Join (CLJN) Message Format

   Once a node receives a CLAN message, it replies back to the
   corresponding CH (i.e., the originator of the CLAN message) with a
   Cluster Join message, if it wishes to join the cluster announced
   by the CLAN message.

   The CLJN message is extended from the RREP message of AODV.

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    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     Type      |R|A|C|   Reserved    |Prefix Sz|   Hop Count   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                     Destination IP address                    |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                  Destination Sequence Number                  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Originator IP address                      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                           Lifetime                            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      Type           2

      C              Cluster flag; indicates whether this message is
                     a Cluter Join message

      Hop Count      The number of hops from the Destination IP Address
                     to the Originator IP Address; This is set to the
                     Hop Count value of the received CLAN message minus
                     one

      Destination IP Address
                     The IP Address of the node which originated this
                     Cluster Join message

      Originator IP Address
                     The IP Address of the node which originated the
                     corresponding Cluster Announcement message

   If a node receives a CLAN message, it decreases the Hop Count value
   of the CLAN message by one and, if the modified Hop Count value is
   greater than 1, it forwards it to its 1-hop neighbors. Otherwise, it
   does not forward any more. And if it wants to join the cluster, it
   sends out a CLJN message back to the originator node of the CLAN
   message.

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   When the originator node of the CLAN message receives the CLJN
   message, it can determine the number of hops from the originator to
   the cluster member by subtracting the Hop Count value in the CLJN
   message from k (i.e., the cluster size).

5.  Operation

   TBD.

6.  Other Considerations

   TBD.

References

   [1] C. Perkins, E. Belding-Royer and S. Das, "Ad hoc On-Demand
       Distance Vector (AODV) Routing," RFC 3561, July 2003.
   [2] S. Ahn, "Architecture for MANET Clustering," draft-ahn-manet-
       clustering-architecture-00.txt, Dec. 2012.
              

Author's Address

   Sanghyun Ahn 
   University of Seoul 
   90, Cheonnong-dong, Tongdaemun-gu 
   Seoul 130-743
   Korea 
   Email: ahn@uos.ac.kr 

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