Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Neighborhood Discovery Protocol (NHDP)
RFC 6130

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                        T. Clausen
Request for Comments: 6130                      LIX, Ecole Polytechnique
Category: Standards Track                                    C. Dearlove
ISSN: 2070-1721                                          BAE Systems ATC
                                                                 J. Dean
                                               Naval Research Laboratory
                                                              April 2011

  Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Neighborhood Discovery Protocol (NHDP)

Abstract

   This document describes a 1-hop and symmetric 2-hop neighborhood
   discovery protocol (NHDP) for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs).

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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction .....................................................4
      1.1. Motivation .................................................5
   2. Terminology .....................................................6
   3. Applicability Statement .........................................9
   4. Protocol Overview and Functioning ..............................10
      4.1. Routers and Interfaces ....................................11
      4.2. Information Base Overview .................................12
           4.2.1. Local Information Base .............................13
           4.2.2. Interface Information Bases ........................13
           4.2.3. Neighbor Information Base ..........................14
      4.3. Signaling Overview ........................................14
           4.3.1. HELLO Message Generation ...........................15
           4.3.2. HELLO Message Content ..............................16
           4.3.3. HELLO Message Processing ...........................17
      4.4. Link Quality ..............................................17
   5. Protocol Parameters and Constants ..............................18
      5.1. Protocol and Port Numbers .................................18
      5.2. Multicast Address .........................................18
      5.3. Interface Parameters ......................................18
           5.3.1. Message Intervals ..................................19
           5.3.2. Information Validity Times .........................21
           5.3.3. Link Quality .......................................22
           5.3.4. Jitter .............................................22
      5.4. Router Parameters .........................................23
           5.4.1. Information Validity Time ..........................23
      5.5. Parameter Change Constraints ..............................23
      5.6. Constants .................................................24