Multi-Topology routing for QoS support in the CoNSIS convoy MANET

This paper shows how Multi-Topology (MT) routing is used to maintain three different network topologies in the heterogeneous land mobile network architecture used in the Coalition Network for Secure Information Sharing (CoNSIS) project. The topologies are each associated with one or more quality of service (QoS) classes to provide differentiated QoS in this disadvantaged grid. A proposal for how to connect a Multi-Topology routing protocol to adjacent Single-Topology (ST) interior gateway protocols and exterior gateway protocols is also given.