DRAMA: Distributed Policy Management for MANETs

This demonstration will showcase the capabilities of DRAMA [Chadha, R. et al., 2004, Chiang, C. et al., 2005 ], a distributed policy-based network management system for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). This system was developed with a specific emphasis on supporting the dynamic nature of MANETs. In particular, an instance of DRAMA is placed on every node in the network, and these distributed instances autonomously organize themselves into a hierarchy of managers that cooperate to manage the network. DRAMA has been shown to be very effective in managing MANETs, which are characterized by scarce bandwidth, due to its ability to adapt its use of network bandwidth to network conditions based on specified policies.

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