Infrastructure networks like Internet have some coverage gaps (e.g. rural areas) where no service connectivity is provided. Cellular networks could be used in alternative but they usually associate their services with a usage cost. Nowadays, the growing number of mobile devices equipped with a wireless interface and the end-user trend to shift toward wireless technology has opened new possibilities for networking. Opportunistic networking seems a feasible solution in filling in these coverage gaps by providing service connectivity where it is not sustained by an infrastructure. In this context we provide a delay tolerant platform that ensures service connectivity where it is absent. Our approach follows the Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) paradigm by implementing a store-and-forward communication model between mobile users and carrier entities (e.g. buses), where a user delegates the carrier a task (bundle), the carrier stores it locally and whenever service connectivity is available (e.g. wi-fi at the bus station) tries to accomplish it, successively notifying the user of the task output next time they encounter again.
Titolo: | MDTN: Mobile Delay/Disruption Tolerant Network |
Autore/i: | C. E. Palazzi; BUJARI, ARMIR; S. Bonetta; MARFIA, GUSTAVO; ROCCETTI, MARCO; AMOROSO, ALESSANDRO |
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Anno: | 2011 |
Titolo del libro: | Proceedings of 20th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN 2011) - 7th IEEE Workshop on Networking Issues in Multimedia Entertainment (NIME 2011) |
Pagina iniziale: | 6 |
Pagina finale: | 10 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICCCN.2011.6005741 |
Abstract: | Infrastructure networks like Internet have some coverage gaps (e.g. rural areas) where no service connectivity is provided. Cellular networks could be used in alternative but they usually associate their services with a usage cost. Nowadays, the growing number of mobile devices equipped with a wireless interface and the end-user trend to shift toward wireless technology has opened new possibilities for networking. Opportunistic networking seems a feasible solution in filling in these coverage gaps by providing service connectivity where it is not sustained by an infrastructure. In this context we provide a delay tolerant platform that ensures service connectivity where it is absent. Our approach follows the Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) paradigm by implementing a store-and-forward communication model between mobile users and carrier entities (e.g. buses), where a user delegates the carrier a task (bundle), the carrier stores it locally and whenever service connectivity is available (e.g. wi-fi at the bus station) tries to accomplish it, successively notifying the user of the task output next time they encounter again. |
Data prodotto definitivo in UGOV: | 12-giu-2013 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.01 Contributo in Atti di convegno |