An application of Chord structure in tactical ad hoc network

Mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is expected to become a prominent standard in a tactical environment. However, a tactical network requires a reliable mechanism of discovering resources. In this paper, we propose using a Peer-to-Peer structure to achieve this goal. The crucial aspects of the Chord structure's implementing over MANET are pointed out. A cross-layer communication is proposed to improve the joining process. The results of simulations show that our solution is able to work in a fully autonomous way.