2014/09/23 by Mikael Asplund, Asplund, Mikael, Simin Nadjm‐Tehrani +2
Computer Science · Engineering · #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Mobile Ad Hoc Networks #Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) #Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks #Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) #cs.NI
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1409.6431
arxiv created 2014/09/23 · openalex publication_date 2014/09/23 · arxiv updated 2014/09/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
When nodes in a mobile network cluster together or move according to common external factors (e.g., cars that follow the road network), the resulting contact patterns become correlated. In this work we address the question of modelling such correlated mobility movements for the analysis of intermittently connected networks. We propose to use the concept of node colouring time to characterise dynamic node contact patterns. We analyse how this model compares to existing work, and demonstrate how to extract the relevant data from actual trace files. Moreover, we show how this information can be used to derive the latency distribution of DTN routing protocols. Our model achieves a very good fit to simulated results based on real vehicular mobility traces, whereas models which assumes independent contacts do not.