Resilient Distributed Policy Repository for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

A Resilient Distributed Policy Repository (RDPR) supports the modification, dissemination and uniform execution of operational policies across complex network topologies spanning multiple organizations, geographies and domains. Operating in a highly dynamic environment, such as in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs), network partitions form due to nodes disconnecting and reconnecting to the system. This paper describes a framework for a RDPR that uses self-management policies over a distributed data grid to enable localized adaptation of operational policies and resilience of on-going operations. In particular, we discuss the need for, approach to, and implementation of policy supersession to resolve potential policy conflicts caused by local policy adaptation in a partitioned network. Keywords-distributed repository; partition; supersession; data grid; self-management;