SNMP-based Management for Mobile Network Devices

Some types of network nodes such as mobile network node, mobile access point, and ad-hoc network node can be relocated frequently and, by the nature of its usage, are deployed over broad area. In this environment, the network topology is changed constantly since even the manager node as well as the managed nodes can leave or join the management network frequently. The many of existing network management technologies are mostly for small sized and homogeneous networks with static topologies and not proper for the mobile network devices. In this paper, employing peer-to-peer (P2P), the secure group communication techniques, and simple network management protocol (SNMP), we propose a highly secure and available management technique that can be used to manage the mobile network nodes through insecure management network such as the Internet. The proposed technique is implemented to show that it is practically usable.