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The CHOICE Network: Dynamic Host Configuration for Managing Mobility between Public and Private Networks Allen Miu Victor Bahl August 2000 Technical Report MSR-TR-2000-85 Microsoft Research Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 1 Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge and thank several individuals who have helped develop the CHOICE network. In particular, Anand Balachandran, and Srinivasan Venkatachary are two of the original designers and implementers of PANS. Stephen Dahl helped us deploy the network at the Crossroads Mall; Pierre De Vries handled the legal formalities and helped us with usability issues while being our liaison with the product groups Paul Hoeffer designed our web interaction. We also thank Prof. Dave Johnson of Rice University, and Prof. Mary Baker of Stanford University for the well appreciated constructive discussions. 2 Dynamic Host Configuration for Managing Mobility between Public and Private Networks Allen Miu Paramvir Bahl Massachusetts Institute of Technology Microsoft Research aklmiu@ bahl@ Abstract The underlying protocol that enables