Survey on Mobility Model of Opportunistic Networks

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10.2991/icwcsn-16.2017.98How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Opportunistic networks; Mobility model; Survey

Abstract

Opportunistic networks is a kind of self-organizing networks which does not need the complete communication paths between the source node and the destination node. They transfer messages through communication opportunities arising from nodes movement. Because the message transmission opportunity depends on the movement of nodes, the mobility model becomes an important research hotspot in the opportunistic net-works. Meanwhile mobility models are usually used for simulation purposes when new network protocols are evaluated. Firstly, this paper outlines the significance and classification of mobility model, and shows the classical mobility models at the present stage. Secondly, we summarize the mobility characteristic of nodes, and compare and analyze the classical mobility models. Finally, we summarize the existing problems and chal-lenges for the current mobility model and look forward to the future research and development.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sheng Zhang
AU  - Ming-Hui Yao
AU  - Xin Wang
AU  - Imran Khan
PY  - 2016/12
DA  - 2016/12
TI  - Survey on Mobility Model of Opportunistic Networks
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Wireless Communication and Sensor Networks (WCSN 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 475
EP  - 483
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icwcsn-16.2017.98
DO  - 10.2991/icwcsn-16.2017.98
ID  - Zhang2016/12
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