Routing in delay-tolerant networks comprising heterogeneous node populations

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1132-1147

  Spyropoulos, Thrasyvoulos ^a   Turletti, Thierry ^b   Obraczka, Katia ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INRIA   (France)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay tolerant network; Fluid model; Intermittent connectivity; Replication; Routing; Utility

Indexed keywords

NETWORK ROUTING; OUTAGES; PLASMA FLOW; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

FLUID MODELING; INTERMITTENT CONNECTIVITY; REPLICATION; ROUTING; UTILITY;

DELAY TOLERANT NETWORKS;

EID: 67649470389     PISSN: 15361233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2008.172     Document Type: Article

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