Mobile ad hoc networks are infrastructureless, highly dynamic wireless networks in which there is no central administration. The configuration of such networks is impractical. Address allocation of mobile nodes is a fundamental and difficult problem. Unlike infrastructure based networks, MANETs support autonomous and spontaneous networking. Thus, a MANET should be capable of self organization and configuration. Recently, several address auto configuration schemes have been proposed with their applications in respective environments and scenarios. However, we argue that there is no singular scheme that meets the diversity and heterogeneity of MANETs environment. In this thesis, we present a hybrid address autoconfiguration scheme for mobile ad hoc network arguing that it is poised to address the demerits of earlier proposed work.
