Strategies for reducing information dissemination overhead in disconnected networks

The information dissemination was examined in a special disconnected network architecture where the moving nodes form the network. The nodes have certain kind of limitations, in terms of battery and computing capabilities. We created APF and IOBIO, two protocols for information dissemination in this environment. In this article we present the results of several simulations - run in a simulator created in OMNeT++ -to decide which information dissemination method is optimal for a given mobility environment. The results give us information to further improve the communication in such networks.