Advances in Delay-tolerant Networks (DTNs)

Part one looks at delay-tolerant network architectures and platforms including DTN for satellite communications and deep-space communications, underwater networks, networks in developing countries, vehicular networks and emergency communications. Part two covers delay-tolerant network routing, including issues such as congestion control, naming, addressing and interoperability. Part three explores services and applications in delay-tolerant networks, such as web browsing, social networking and data streaming. Part four discusses enhancing the performance, reliability, privacy and security of delay-tolerant networks. Chapters cover resource sharing, simulation and modeling and testbeds.- Reviews the different types of DTN and shows how they can be applied in satellite and deep-space communications, vehicular and underwater communications, and during large-scale disasters
- Considers the potential for rapid selection and dissemination of urgent messages is considered
- Reviews the breadth of areas in which DTN is already providing solutions and the prospects for its wider adoption

- List of contributors
- Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
- Preface
- 1: An introduction to delay and disruption-tolerant networks (DTNs)- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Delay-tolerant network architecture
- 1.3 DTN application scenarios
- 1.4 DTN routing protocols
- 1.5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Part One: Types of delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)- 2: Delay-tolerant networks (DTNs) for satellite communications- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 DTN architecture
- 2.3 Geosynchronous (GEO) constellations
- 2.4 Low earth orbit (LEO) constellations
- 2.5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- 3: Delay-tolerant networks (DTNs) for deep-space communications- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Data communications in deep space
- 3.3 Networking requirements for deep-space data
- 3.4 Implementing a deep-space DTN solution
- 3.5 Summary
- 4: Vehicular delay-tolerant networks (VDTNs)- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Vehicular network applications
- 4.3 Vehicular communications
- 4.4 Vehicular delay-tolerant networks
- 4.5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- 5: Delay-tolerant networks (DTNs) for underwater communications- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Related work
- 5.3 A contemporary view of underwater delay-tolerant networks
- 5.4 Future trends
- 5.5 Conclusion
- 6: Delay-tolerant networks (DTNs) for emergency communications- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Overview of proposed DTN solutions
- 6.3 Mobility models for emergency DTNs
- 6.4 DistressNet
- 6.5 Routing protocols for emergency DTNs
- 6.6 Minimizing energy consumption in emergency DTNs
- 6.7 Conclusions and future trends
- Part Two: Improving the performance of delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)- 7: Assessing the Bundle Protocol (BP) and alternative approaches to data bundling in delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 DTN architecture and Bundle Protocol implementation profiles
- 7.3 Alternative approaches
- 7.4 Future trends
- 7.5 Sources of further information and advice
- 8: Opportunistic routing in mobile ad hoc delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Challenges
- 8.3 Overview of multiple existing opportunistic routing protocols in mobile ad hoc networks
- 8.4 Combining on-demand opportunistic routing protocols
- 8.5 Open research topics and future trends
- 8.6 Sources of further information and advice
- 9: Reliable data streaming over delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Challenges for streaming support in DTNs
- 9.3 Using on-the-fly coding to enable robust DTN streaming
- 9.4 Evaluation of existing streaming proposals over a DTN network
- 9.5 Implementation discussion
- 9.6 Conclusion
- 10: Rapid selection and dissemination of urgent messages over delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 One-to-many communication in resource-constrained environments
- 10.3 Random Walk Gossip (RWG)
- 10.4 RWG and message differentiation
- 10.5 Evaluation with vehicular mobility models
- 10.6 Discussion
- 11: Using social network analysis (SNA) to design socially aware network solutions in delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Social characteristics of DTNs
- 11.3 Social-based human mobility models
- 11.4 Socially aware data forwarding in DTNs
- 11.5 Conclusion
- 12: Performance issues and design choices in delay-tolerant network (DTN) algorithms and protocols- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Performance metrics
- 12.3 Processing overhead
- 12.4 The curse of copying - I/O performance matters
- 12.5 Throughput
- 12.6 Latency and queuing
- 12.7 Discovery latency and energy issues
- 12.8 Conclusions
- 13: The quest for a killer app for delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)- Abstract
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 The quest for a problem
- 13.3 DTN as an enabling technology
- 13.4 Conclusions and future trends
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