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CarNet: A Scalable Ad Hoc Wireless Network System

Robert Morris, John Jannotti, Frans Kaashoek, Jinyang Li, and Douglas S. J. De Couto

Abstract

CarNet is an application for a large ad hoc mobile network system that scales well without requiring a fixed network infrastructure to route messages. CarNet places radio nodes in cars, which communicate using Grid, a novel scalable routing system. Grid uses geographic forwarding and a scalable distributed location service to route packets from car to car without flooding the network. CarNet will support IP connectivity as well as applications such as cooperative highway congestion monitoring, fleet tracking, and discovery of nearby points of interest.

In the Proceedings of the 9th ACM SIGOPS European workshop: Beyond the PC: New Challenges for the Operating System, Kolding, Denmark, September 2000. (BibTeX entry)

Paper text: PDF, PS, gzipped PS

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