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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Delay Tolerant Networks based Applications
• Routing Protocols in Delay Tolerant Networks
• Social Characteristics based Multiple Dimensional Routing Protocol in Human associated Delay Tolerant Networks
• Data Dissemination in Delay Tolerant Networks with Geographic Information
• Privacy Protected Routing in Delay Tolerant Networks
• Conclusions and Future Work.