| Unmanaged Internet Protocol (UIP) is a fully selforganizing
network-layer protocol that implements scalable
identity-based routing. In contrast with addressbased
routing protocols, which depend for scalability on
centralized hierarchical address management, UIP nodes
use a flat namespace of cryptographic node identifiers.
Node identities can be created locally on demand and
remain stable across network changes. Unlike locationindependent
name services, the UIP routing protocol can
stitch together many conventional address-based networks
with disjoint or discontinuous address domains, providing
connectivity between any pair of participating nodes even
when no underlying network provides direct connectivity.
The UIP routing protocol works on networks with arbitrary
topologies and global traffic patterns, and requires
onlyO(log N) storage per node for routing state, enabling
even small, ubiquitous edge devices to act as ad-hoc selfconfiguring
routers. The protocol rapidly recovers from
network partitions, bringing every node up-to-date in a
multicast-based chain reaction of O(log N) depth. Simulation
results indicate that UIP finds routes that are on
average within 2X the length of the best possible route. |