AWiMA: An architecture for Adhoc Wireless Mobile internet Access

TL;DR

This paper proposes a flexible architecture for secure ad hoc wireless mobile internet access that supports multiple protocols, handoff, and persistent tunneling between client nodes and service providers.

Contribution

It introduces a novel architecture enabling secure, protocol-independent ad hoc wireless networking with seamless handoff and tunneling support.

Findings

Supports multiple wireless protocols simultaneously.

Enables secure tunneling and authentication.

Provides seamless handoff between service providers.

Abstract

This paper suggests a system architecture for wireless widearea- networking access using adhoc networking between a mobile Client node without direct connectivity to a wirelesswide- area-network and a mobile Service Provider node with connectivity to a wireless-wide-area-network. It provides a means for securely providing such adhoc wireless networking services using a Server for tunneling and routing, registration and authentication. The architecture also provides support for handoff of a Client node from one Service Provider to another with persistence of a tunnel between the Client and the Server enabling a soft-handoff. Different wireless protocols may be used for adhoc networking, with filtered interconnection of authenticated Clients implemented at a Service Provider node. The architecture is applicable across different wide-areanetwork protocols, and provides simultaneous support for multiple wide-area-network protocols.