A data dissemination mechanism based on evaluating behavior for vehicular delay-tolerant networks

Autor: Na Fan, Zongtao Duan, Guangyuan Zhu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Zdroj: International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Vol 15 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1550-1477
15501477
DOI: 10.1177/1550147719865509
Popis: Vehicular delay-tolerant networks are widely used in intelligent transport application. Vehicle nodes exchange and share various information in vehicular delay-tolerant networks. However, current delay-tolerant network routing algorithms do not take into account the dynamic characteristic of traffic flow, and they do not effectively resist cyber attacks, such as black hole attack. To address this issue, we propose a data dissemination mechanism for vehicular delay-tolerant networks. In this mechanism, we develop a combined model to estimate the real-time traffic density. Simultaneously, we propose the metrics which include node interaction dispersion, node interaction freshness, node interaction participation, and node interaction contribution to evaluate behavior of nodes. Based on these metrics, a routing method is constructed. In this routing method, a relay node is selected by evaluating communication interaction behaviors among vehicle nodes. Considering the factors of traffic flow density and communication behaviors of vehicle nodes, a message forwarding strategy scheme is built for different traffic density scenarios. Extensive simulations show that the proposed mechanism exhibits superior performance over existing methods in forwarding traffic information and alleviates negative effects from black hole attacks.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals