Assessing and improving an approach to delay-tolerant networking

Autor: Wood, Lloyd
Rok vydání: 2012
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: Delay-tolerant networking (DTN) is a term invented to describe and encompass all types of long-delay, disconnected, disrupted or intermittently-connected networks, where mobility and outages or scheduled contacts may be experienced. 'DTN' is also used to refer to the Bundle Protocol, which has been proposed as the one unifying solution for disparate DTN networking scenarios, after originally being designed solely for use in deep space for the 'Interplanetary Internet.' We evaluated the Bundle Protocol by testing it in space and on the ground. We have found architectural weaknesses in the Bundle Protocol that may prevent engineering deployment of this protocol in realistic delay-tolerant networking scenarios, and have proposed approaches to address these weaknesses.
Comment: 2 pages; First Annual CCSR Research Symposium (CRS 2011), Centre for Communication Systems Research, 30 June 2011
Databáze: arXiv