Implementation of IPV6 in Ad-Hoc Networks

The paper presents issues concerning the construction of globally connected wireless networks based on the IPv6 protocol. Prospects of implementation of IPv6 in wireless networks and IPv6 features and mechanisms important in such applications are discussed. Concepts presented here apply to wireless ad hoc mesh networks. In ad hoc networks (MANETs), wireless nodes spontaneously collaborate to route packets among a multi-hop and versatile topology. While such networks have originally been considered as self-sufficient systems, it becomes clear that there is a growing interest in connecting them to the Internet. In such a hybrid ad-hoc network, one or more nodes act as gateways to the outside world. This situation requires the use of a global addressing scheme in order to allow end-to-end communications between MANET nodes and correspondents in the Internet.