Advances in MANEMO: Definition of the Problem Domain and the Design of a NEMO-Centric Approach

The integration of MANET and NEMO technologies to produce what are commonly termed MANEMO solutions is a burgeoning concept that has the possibility to provide IP connectivity across many diverse problem areas. However, even in research terms MANEMO is in a very early stage of development and consequently no standardised understanding of what MANEMO specifically refers to has yet been decided upon. In this paper we introduce the MANEMO concept as a whole and identify what we believe to be the two main solution areas contained in the MANEMO problem domain, namely NEMO-centric MANEMO (NCM) and MANET-centric MANEMO (MCM). In addition to defining these two instances of MANEMO we also highlight the design decisions and implementation considerations that are encountered when developing an NCM protocol through the introduction of our NCM protocol implementation that we are currently producing at Lancaster University