The Integration of Ad-hoc (MANET) and Mobile Networking (NEMO): Principles to Support Rescue Team Communication

The concept of combining MANET and NEMO protocols in order to optimally support Nested NEMO scenarios is a relatively new idea that is attracting a lot of attention within the IETF NEMO WG. This combination has been termed MANEMO, which until now has stood to describe the process of running a MANET protocol between local Mobile Networks in a Nested NEMO topology, to optimise local packet delivery within the Nested structure. However, in this paper we highlight the mutual benefits that can be attained by combiningMANET and NEMO technologies, not just by incorporating a MANET protocol into a Nested NEMO scenario but also by augmenting the capabilities of a MANET scenario through the introduction of NEMO. This subtle distinction leads us to define two separate instances of MANEMO, respectively NEMO-Centric MANEMO (NCM) and MANETCentric MANEMO (MCM). The focus of our work at Lancaster University is on this latter instance ofMANEMO,MCM; this work is based around the development of an on-mountain data networking solution for a mountain rescue team.