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CW 408
Thomas Delaet, Thomas Clijsner, Peter Rigole, Wouter Joosen, and Yolande Berbers
A proposal for decentralized, scalable and automatic IP network configuration: SCNP
Abstract
The current generation of networking protocols uses the Internet Protocol as a ubiquitous layer for building protocols tailored for a specific kind of network. Some protocols focus on ad-hoc networks, other on typical enterprise networks. Home networks are a hybrid form of ad-hoc networks and typical networks. No currently existing protocol can solve the problem of network configuration for this kind of networks. Our solution bridges the gap between a protocol assigning IP addresses and managing routing information while guaranteeing IP address uniqueness. To realise this last part, we developed a conflict resolution algorithm. The combination of these three elements has resulted in the self-configuring network protocol, SCNP.
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