Towards scalable P2P computing for mobile ad hoc networks

In mobile ad hoc networks, nodes interact peer-to-peer. They self-organize, share workloads and provide services that they also use. There are middleware platforms, designed for the Internet, which support the development of peer-to-peer distributed systems, providing an interface for subject-based data routing. These platforms put emphasis on decentralization and resilience, and guarantee bounded lookup costs. Hence, we consider these platforms appealing for ad hoc environments. We show how a cross-layer protocol stack design for ad hoc nodes, simplifies the tasks of a subject-based routing substrate in ad hoc environments. We give details for a platform like Pastry, emphasizing the cross-layer interaction with a pro-active routing protocol at the network layer.