Experimental Evaluation of a Virtual Overlay Network On Top Of Dynamic Topology Reformation in Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer Networks

摘要

The paper introduces a method for communication amongwireless nodes that are part of separated networks using therecent industry standard Wi-Fi P2P a.k.a Wi-Fi Direct. Themethod involves dynamic change in network topology where achosen node may switch iteratively between multiple separatednetworks. We propose a virtual overlay network on top of theunderlying topology reformation so that data can be sent directlyfrom a source node to any destination regardless of the actualphysical topology. The method involves no change in the conve--ntional TCP/IP networking stack.