Title :
Modeling of Military Networks Using Group Mobility Models
Author :
Washington, Alicia Nicki ; Iziduh, Rotimi
Author_Institution :
Howard Univ., Washington, DC
Abstract :
Current work in the area of DTN focuses on various forms of epidemic routing, similar to mathematical epidemiology. In as much as this research has pioneered the field, it has left a large amount of open areas of research. Particularly, the use of group mobility models has limited research, despite its applicability in numerous settings. In this preliminary work, we investigate the design of a group mobility model simulator employed to be used in future studies related to the implementation of group mobility models in disruption tolerant networks.
Keywords :
military communication; mobile radio; routing protocols; DTN; delay/disruption tolerant network; epidemic routing protocol; group mobility model; military network modeling; Coherence; Disruption tolerant networking; Gaussian processes; Information technology; Large-scale systems; Mathematical model; Mobile communication; Protocols; Routing; Vehicles; disruption tolerant networks; mobility models; nomadic mobility model;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: New Generations, 2009. ITNG '09. Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3770-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3596-8
DOI :
10.1109/ITNG.2009.292