2006/10/17 by Henry N Jerez, Henry Jerez, Joud Khoury +5
Computer Science · Mathematics · #C.2.1 #Caching and Content Delivery #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Information Theory (cs.IT) #Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) #Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks #Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies #cs.IT #cs.NI #math.IT
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cs/0610100
arxiv created 2006/10/17 · openalex publication_date 2006/10/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This paper describes a new architecture for transient mobile networks destined to merge existing and future network architectures, communication implementations and protocol operations by introducing a new paradigm to data delivery and identification. The main goal of our research is to enable seamless end-to-end communication between mobile and stationary devices across multiple networks and through multiple communication environments. The architecture establishes a set of infrastructure components and protocols that set the ground for a Persistent Identification Network (PIN). The basis for the operation of PIN is an identification space consisting of unique location independent identifiers similar to the ones implemented in the Handle system. Persistent Identifiers are used to identify and locate Digital Entities which can include devices, services, users and even traffic. The architecture establishes a primary connection independent logical structure that can operate over conventional networks or more advanced peer-to-peer aggregation networks. Communication is based on routing pools and novel protocols for routing data across several abstraction levels of the network, regardless of the end-points' current association and state...