Human-mobility enabled networks in urban environments: Is there any (mobile wireless) small world out there?

Ad Hoc Networks

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1520-1531

  Cacciapuoti, Angela Sara ^a   Calabrese, Francesco ^b   Caleffi, Marcello ^a   Di Lorenzo, Giusy ^b   Paura, Luigi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IBM RESEARCH   (Ireland)

^c CNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Delay tolerant networks; Human; Measurement; Mobility; Pocket switched networks; Small world

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DELAY TOLERANT NETWORKS; HUMAN; POCKET SWITCHED NETWORKS; SMALL WORLDS;

CARRIER MOBILITY; MEASUREMENTS; PACKET NETWORKS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 84864758920     PISSN: 15708705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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