Capacity analysis of a delay and disruption tolerant network in the Amazon basin

Author

de J dos Santos, Alyson ; de L Braga, Marcus ; Velloso, Pedro B. ; Jose, G.R. ; Costa, Luis Henrique M. K.

Author_Institution

PEE/COPPE/GTA-DEL/POLI, Univ. Fed. do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

fYear

2014

fDate

15-19 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Due to the regional characteristics of the Amazon, waterborne transportation is prevalent. Therefore, the deployment of Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) using boats is considered a technological option to interconnect the region. In this context, contacts between boats can be used to obtain an increased capillarity and efficiency of the network. This paper presents an experimental performance evaluation of wireless communication, using IEEE 802.11 b/g between boats in the Negro river. The main goal is to characterize the transmission and the contacts of boats, aiming at evaluating the goodput of a delay tolerant network (DTN) formed by boats in the Amazon basin. The results of our experiments show the feasibility of data traffic between boats with the common speed in the region. Combining the experimental results with the schedule information of regular boat lines in the waterways of west Amazon, we estimate the capacity of this large-scale DTN.

Keywords

boats; data communication; delay tolerant networks; telecommunication traffic; vehicular ad hoc networks; wireless LAN; Amazon basin; DTN; IEEE 802.11 b-g; Negro river; VANET; boat lines; capacity analysis; data traffic; delay tolerant network; disruption tolerant network; schedule information; vehicular ad hoc networks; waterborne transportation; west Amazon; wireless communication; Boats; Cities and towns; Data transfer; Genetic expression; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Rivers; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS), 2014

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GIIS.2014.6934282

Filename

6934282