Human mobility in opportunistic networks: Characteristics, models and prediction methods

P Pirozmand, G Wu, B Jedari, F Xia - Journal of Network and Computer …, 2014 - Elsevier
Opportunistic networks (OppNets) are modern types of intermittently connected networks in
which mobile users communicate with each other via their short-range devices to share data …

Evaluating forwarding protocols in opportunistic networks: trends, advances, challenges and best practices

V Kuppusamy, UM Thanthrige, A Udugama, A Förster - Future Internet, 2019 - mdpi.com
A variety of applications and forwarding protocols have been proposed for opportunistic
networks (OppNets) in the literature. However, the methodology of evaluation, testing and …

ML-SOR: Message routing using multi-layer social networks in opportunistic communications

A Socievole, E Yoneki, F De Rango, J Crowcroft - Computer Networks, 2015 - Elsevier
Opportunistic networks are a generalization of DTNs in which disconnections are frequent
and encounter patterns between mobile devices are unpredictable. In such scenarios …

Review of opportunistic network: Assessing past, present, and future

R Sachdeva, A Dev - International Journal of Communication …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Opportunistic networks aim to deal with the unpredictable environment for data
communication. Messages in opportunistic networks need to be stored with the node in the …

Routing in mobile opportunistic social networks with selfish nodes

A Socievole, A Caputo, F De Rango… - … and Mobile Computing, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
When the connection to Internet is not available during networking activities, an
opportunistic approach exploits the encounters between mobile human‐carried devices for …

Efficient broadcast in opportunistic networks using optimal stopping theory

C Borrego, J Borrell, S Robles - Ad Hoc Networks, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a broadcast dissemination protocol for messages in opportunistic
networks (OppNet) that is efficient in terms of energy consumption and network capacity …

Node service ability aware packet forwarding mechanism in intermittently connected wireless networks

D Wu, P Zhang, H Wang, C Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intermittently connected wireless networks (ICWNs) have been studied in recent years to
solve the disruption problem in mobile ad hoc networks and improve the utilization of …

Wireless contacts, Facebook friendships and interests: analysis of a multi-layer social network in an academic environment

A Socievole, F De Rango… - 2014 IFIP Wireless Days …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Human mobility traces have drawn increasing attention in recent years due to their
usefulness for constructing mobility models and evaluating mobile opportunistic …

DTN routing protocols on two distinct geographical regions in an opportunistic network: an analysis

MS Hossen - Wireless Personal Communications, 2019 - Springer
There is a critical scenario in geographical regions where the exchange of information
between two mobile nodes could hardly be possible if there does not develop a straight path …

Wireless social networks: A survey of recent advances, applications and challenges

F Jameel, S Wyne, DNK Jayakody, G Kaddoum… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the ubiquitous use of smartphones and other connected pieces of equipment, the
number of devices connected to the Internet is exponentially growing. This will test the …