Title :
Predictability of human mobility and its impact on forwarding
Author :
Hui, Pan ; Crowcroft, Jon
Author_Institution :
Comput. Lab., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge
Abstract :
Pocket switched networks (PSNs), a kind of delay tolerant networks (DTNs), focus on human-to-human communication. In this kind of networks, human mobility determines data delivery opportunity. In this paper, we show that human mobility is well predictable on a day-to-day basis and can much improve forwarding efficiency over oblivious schemes in terms of delivery ratio and delivery cost.
Keywords :
mobile communication; data delivery opportunity; delay tolerant networks; delivery ratio; human mobility; human-to-human communication; oblivious schemes; pocket switched networks; Algorithm design and analysis; Bluetooth; Computer networks; Costs; Disruption tolerant networking; Floods; Humans; Laboratories; Mobile communication; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Networking in China, 2008. ChinaCom 2008. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2373-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2374-3
DOI :
10.1109/CHINACOM.2008.4685085