The modern science of networks has made significant advancement in the modeling of
complex real-world systems. One of the most important features in these networks is the …

Abstract Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication is a promising technology for next
generation communication systems. This communication paradigm facilitates ubiquitous …

Named Data Networking (NDN) is one of five projects funded by the US National Science
Foundation under its Future Internet Architecture Program. NDN has its roots in an earlier …

The traditional view of Internet of Things (IoT) attempts to connect all the physical objects to
build a global, infrastructure-based IoT. In this paper, however, we will present opportunistic …

In the big data environment, the social information of a large number of nodes cannot be
reasonably analyzed and utilized, thus leading to the problem of uneven routing …

Currently, online social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and
Foursquare have become extremely popular all over the world and play a significant role in …

The introduction of intelligent devices with short range wireless communication techniques
has motivated the development of Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANETs) during the last few …

Existing routing algorithms for Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs) assume that nodes are
willing to forward packets for others. In the real world, however, most people are socially …

Delay tolerant networks (DTNs) may lack continuous network connectivity. Routing in DTNs
is thus challenging since it must handle network partitioning, long delays, and dynamic …

Cellular networks are currently facing the challenges of mobile data explosion. High-end
mobile phones and laptops double their mobile data traffic every year and this trend is …