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%R 2005-17
%U /home/csgrad/joyghosh/public_html/solar_icman.pdf
%A Ghosh, Joy
%A Yoon, Seokhoon
%A Ngo, Hung
%A Qiao, Chunming
%T Sociological Orbits for Efficient Routing in Intermittently Connected Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
%D July 06, 2005
%I Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SUNY Buffalo
%K Mobility framework, Routing protocols, Intermittently Connected Networks, Theoretical model, Performance analysis
%X Routing in Intermittently Connected Networks
(ICN) is a challenging problem due to the uncertainty and
time varying nature of network connectivity. In this work, we
focus on a special class of ICN formed by mobile ad hoc
users called ICMAN. We first consider a new and practical
probabilistic mobility model where the nodes move between a set
of ?hubs? in a partially repetitive and nondeterministic pattern
to form the so-called ?sociological orbits?. Second, to leverage
the sociological orbit based mobility pattern in routing within
ICMAN, we propose a series of multi-path Sociological Orbit
aware Location Approximation and Routing (SOLAR) protocols.
We present theoretical analysis of the mobility model and routing
algorithms under consideration, and show that the proposed
routing algorithms can outperform other conventional routing
approaches in an ICN by taking advantage of the sociological
orbit based mobility pattern.