Mobile opportunistic networks provide an efficient solution to implement the intensive
perception and ubiquitous interconnection in Internet of Things. Routing selection is one of …

Caching popular files at the user equipments (UEs) provides an effective way to alleviate the
burden of the backhaul networks. Generally, popularity-based caching is not a system-wide …

To cope with an exponentially increasing demand on mobile data traffic in cellular networks,
high-capacity WiFi and device-to-device networks can be exploited as a complementary …

Mobile devices in close proximity can be connected in a device-to-device (D2D) manner to
transfer digital objects (eg, videos) to each other. By using D2D data offloading, mobile …

Epidemic algorithms have found their way into many areas of computer science, such as
databases and distributed systems, and recently for communication in Opportunistic or …

In opportunistic networks the majority of communication mechanisms make use of relay
nodes for delivering the messages. Any possible unwillingness of the relay nodes to …

A mobile social network (MSN) consists of certain amount of mobile users with social
characteristics, and it provides data delivery concerning social relationships between mobile …

In opportunistic networks, direct communication between mobile devices is used to extend
the set of services accessible through cellular or WiFi networks. Mobility patterns and their …

In some applicable scenarios, such as community patrolling, mobile nodes are restricted to
move only in their own communities. Exploiting the meetings of the nodes within the same …

Mobile opportunistic networks make use of node mobility to provide occasional contact
opportunities for mobile devices to deliver data. In this paper, we investigate the inherent …