Delay Tolerant Networks

• Main Authors: Gao, Longxiang (Author), Yu, Shui (Author), Luan, Tom H. (Author), Zhou, Wanlei (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer communication systems.; Electrical engineering.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Computer Communication Networks.

This brief presents emerging and promising communication methods for network reliability via delay tolerant networks (DTNs). Different from traditional networks, DTNs possess unique features, such as long latency and unstable network topology. As a result, DTNs can be widely applied to critical appl...