An excellent resource for both students and researchers interested in mobile opportunistic networking. A well balanced mix of theoretical and practical aspects. Marco Conti, Institute of Informatics and Telematics (IIT), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Italy I've been working on opportunistic networking since a friend was caught up in a disaster zone after a tsunami and couldn't use his smart phone, as the net was down, yet there were many devices around the town which had wireless and could store, carry, and forward messages, but no protocols to implement this useful service. This book covers in clear and up-to-date style, the principles and practice of the main communications mechanisms to date, and offers helpful exercises and useful information on how to implement these systems in practice. Jon Crowcroft, Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of ACM, Fellow of Royal Society (UK), University of Cambridge, UK
Part I: Introduction
Origins and Characteristics
Delay Tolerant Routing and Applications
A Developer’s Guide to the ONE Simulator
Part II: Human Aspects in Opportunistic Mobile Networks
Emerging Sensing Paradigms and Intelligence in Networks
Aspects of Human Emotions and Networks
Part III: Cooperation in Opportunistic Mobile Networks
Evolutionary Game in Wireless Networks
Enforcing Cooperation in OMNs
Part IV: Advanced Topics
Heterogeneity in OMNs
Opportunistic Mobile Networks: Towards Reality
The Big Picture
Sudip
Misra is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India. He has vast research experience, and has
published over 260 research papers and 8 books on diverse areas of wireless
networks. He has received several national and international awards for his
outstanding contributions in research. He also serves as the Editor-in-Chief,
Associate Editor, and Editor of several highly reputed journals.
Barun
Kumar Saha has several years of experience in research & development. His
works on OMNs have been published in several journals and transactions. He has
also served as peer reviewer for many reputed journals and conferences. Barun
is well known in the research community for his widely popular blog on DTNs and
the ONE simulator. For more details, visit http://barunsaha.me
Sujata
Pal is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Waterloo, Canada. She was a recipient of the Tata Consultancy Services
(TCS) Research Scholarship and the prestigious Schlumberger Faculty for
the Future Fellowship, 2015. Sujata has several years of teaching and research
experience. Her works have been published in high quality international
journals and conferences.
This clearly-written and
practically-focused textbook/reference reviews the fundamental theory, varied
applications, and latest breakthroughs in Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs).
Presenting a specific focus on Opportunistic Mobile Networks (OMNs), the text
carefully considers the influence of human aspects, and examines emerging forms
of inter-node cooperation. Readers will learn how to master protocol
development and testing, overcome issues of non-cooperative behavior, and
address heterogeneity in OMNs and other networks.
Topics and features:
Contains review terms, study exercises and programming
exercises in each chapter, with the solutions and source code available at
an associated website
Introduces the fundamentals of DTNs, covering OMNs,
Pocket Switched Networks (PSNs), and Mission-Oriented Opportunistic
Networks (MOONs)
Describes the Opportunistic Network Environment (ONE)
simulator, explaining how to set up a simulation project using NetBeans,
and the version control software Git
Provides detailed insights into the development and
testing of protocols, together with a set of best practices for increased
productivity and optimized performance
Examines human aspects in the context of communication
networks, from human-centric applications to the impact of emotion on
human-network interplay
Proposes various schemes for inter-node cooperation in
DTNs/OMNs, including incentive-based and game theoretic approaches, as
well as the DISCUSS scheme
Presents a detailed discussion on aspects of
heterogeneity in DTNs, and a comprehensive review of the latest research
on DTNs/OMNs
Students and instructors
will find this easy-to-follow work to be ideally suitable as a textbook for
introductory courses on OMNs and advanced courses on communication networks.
Researchers will be greatly interested in the descriptions of state-of-the-art
developments in OMNs, wireless sensor, and ad hoc networks. Practitioners
developing real-world applications will also benefit from the coverage of
relevant technical specifications and patents.