IANetServ: Design and implementation of robust and auto-configurable network service for airborne network

The envisioned airborne networks (ANs) will be all IP-based to provide seamless connectivity and reachability among diverse aircrafts and unmanned air vehicles. Due to the dynamic nature and bandwidth/capacity limited channel condition of airborne networks, providing dynamic yet efficient network service always faces many challenges. In this paper, we summarize our efforts on design and implementation of a robust and auto-configurable network service framework for airborne network environments. Amongst many different types of network service, we limit our discussion to the IP address configuration and name resolution.