On Network Coding in Intermittently Connected Networks

Author

Altamimi, Ahmed B. ; Gulliver, T.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

fYear

2014

fDate

14-17 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

An intermittently connected network (ICN) is a mobile network that uses cooperation between nodes to facilitate communication. This cooperation consists of nodes carrying messages from other nodes in order to deliver it to the destination. An ICN does not require an infrastructure, and it does not store routing information, so it is an attractive networking environment. However, the challenge is how to achieve a high probability of message delivery with no routing information or network infrastructure. In this paper, network coding is employed to improve the delivery probability in an ICN. The benefit of using network coding over message replication is determined analytically and verified by simulation.

Keywords

mobile radio; network coding; probability; telecommunication network routing; ICN; attractive networking environment; delivery probability; intermittently connected networks; message delivery; message replication; mobile network; network coding; network infrastructure; nodes carrying messages; routing information; Ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Network coding; Routing; Routing protocols; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), 2014 IEEE 80th

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTCFall.2014.6966080

Filename

6966080