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Modelling and Initial Validation of the DYMO Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

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A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) is an infrastructureless network established by a set of mobile devices using wireless communication. The Dynamic MANET On-demand (DYMO) protocol is a routing protocol for multi-hop communication in MANETs currently under development by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). This paper presents a Coloured Petri Net (CPN) model of the mandatory parts of the DYMO protocol, and shows how scenario-based state space exploration has been used to validate key properties of the protocol. Our CPN modelling and verification work has spanned two revisions of the DYMO protocol specification and have had direct impact on the most recent version of the protocol specification.

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  • System design and verification using nets
  • experience with using nets
  • case studies
  • higher-level net models
  • application of nets to protocols and networks

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Aarhus, IT-parken, Aabogade 34, DK-8200, Aarhus N, Denmark

    Kristian L. Espensen, Mads K. Kjeldsen & Lars M. Kristensen

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    Espensen, K.L., Kjeldsen, M.K., Kristensen, L.M. (2008). Modelling and Initial Validation of the DYMO Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks. In: van Hee, K.M., Valk, R. (eds) Applications and Theory of Petri Nets. PETRI NETS 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5062. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68746-7_13

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