Beyond Traditional DTN Routing: Social Networks for Opportunistic Communication

Abstract

This article examines the evolution of routing protocols for intermittently connected ad hoc networks and discusses the trend toward social-based routing protocols. A survey of current routing solutions is presented, where routing protocols for opportunistic networks are classified based on the network graph employed. The need to capture performance tradeoffs from a multi-objective perspective is highlighted.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, 1 tabl