TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cello, Marco
A1  - Gnecco, Giorgio
A1  - Marchese, Mario
A1  - Sanguineti, Marcello
SP  - 519
EP  - 522
VL  - 18
PB  - IEEE
KW  - IP networks; Intermittently-connected networks; Markov chains; store-and-forward mechanism
IS  - 3
UR  - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6784561&isnumber=6784524
TI  - Evaluation of the Average Packet Delivery Delay in Highly-Disrupted Networks: The DTN and IP-like Protocol Cases
ID  - eprints2616
AV  - none
Y1  - 2014/03//
SN  - 1089-7798
N2  - Delay/Disruption-Tolerant Networking (DTN) represents an innovative communication paradigm that enables the communication over Intermittently-Connected Networks (ICNs). ICNs are characterized by unpredictable or scheduled contacts among nodes, high latency, and high bit error rates. DTNs, unlike TCP/IP protocols, make use of store-and-forward techniques in order to cope with intermittent link issues. In this letter, a simple model is proposed to compute the average packet delivery delay in ICNs. Both the IP-like paradigm used by traditional TCP/IP protocols and DTN are considered. The results provide theoretical insights into the applications of these two approaches to ICNs. Numerical results and simulations are presented, too.
JF  - IEEE Communications Letters
ER  -