EPSP: Enhancing Network Protocol with Social-Aware Plane

Online social networks (OSN) are developing rapidly. Most prior OSN researches have been focused on network application layer. However, the social relationships and topology characteristics of OSN can be utilized to enhance the function, performance and security of network protocols in every layer. This paper presents the concept of social-aware plane and designs a novel model (EPSP) to enhance network protocol with social-aware plane. EPSP can utilize the information of OSN comprehensively and efficiently to enhance network protocols in each layer.