A rigorous analysis of AODV and its variants

Peter Höfner; Wee Lum Tan; Annabelle McIver; Rob Van Glabbeek; Marius Portmann; Ansgar Fehnker

doi:10.1145/2387238.2387274

A rigorous analysis of AODV and its variants

Peter Höfner^*, Wee Lum Tan, Annabelle McIver, Rob Van Glabbeek, Marius Portmann, Ansgar Fehnker

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School of Computing

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In this paper we present a rigorous analysis of the Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing protocol using a formal specification in AWN (Algebra forWireless Networks), a process algebra which has been specifically tailored for the modelling of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless Mesh Network protocols. Our formalisation models the exact details of the core functionality of AODV, such as route discovery, route maintenance and error handling. We demonstrate how AWN can be used to reason about critical protocol correctness properties by providing a detailed proof of loop freedom. In contrast to evaluations using simulation or other formal methods such as model checking, our proof is generic and holds for any possible network scenario in terms of network topology, node mobility, traffic pattern, etc. A key contribution of this paper is the demonstration of how the reasoning and proofs can relatively easily be adapted to protocol variants.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MSWiM'12 - Proceedings of the 15th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems
Editors	Albert Zomaya
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	ACM
Pages	203-212
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781450316286
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2387238.2387274
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	15th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, MSWiM 2012 - Paphos, Cyprus Duration: 21 Oct 2012 → 25 Oct 2012

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Other	15th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, MSWiM 2012
Country/Territory	Cyprus
City	Paphos
Period	21/10/12 → 25/10/12

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Höfner, P, Tan, WL, McIver, A, Van Glabbeek, R, Portmann, M & Fehnker, A 2012, A rigorous analysis of AODV and its variants. in A Zomaya (ed.), MSWiM'12 - Proceedings of the 15th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. ACM, New York, pp. 203-212, 15th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, MSWiM 2012, Paphos, Cyprus, 21/10/12. https://doi.org/10.1145/2387238.2387274

A rigorous analysis of AODV and its variants. / Höfner, Peter; Tan, Wee Lum; McIver, Annabelle et al.
MSWiM'12 - Proceedings of the 15th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems. ed. / Albert Zomaya. New York: ACM, 2012. p. 203-212.

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