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Delay-tolerant network protocol testing and evaluation

Delay-tolerant network protocol testing and evaluation
Delay-tolerant network protocol testing and evaluation
Delay-tolerant networks, DTNs, are characterized by lacking end-to-end paths between communication sources and destinations. A variety of routing schemes have been proposed to provide communication services in DTNs, and credible and flexible protocol evaluation tools are in demand in order to test these DTN routing schemes. By examining the evolution of DTN protocol testing and evaluation, this article discusses the trend toward large-scale mobility trace supported emulation, and we propose TUNIE, a large-scale emulation testbed for DTN protocol evaluation based on network virtualization. Unlike the existing simulation tools and real-life testbeds, which either cannot provide a realistic DTN environment setup or are too costly and time-consuming, our proposed TUNIE architecture is capable of simulating reliable DTN environments and obtaining an accurate system performance evaluation. By system proptotype and implementation, we demonstrate TUNIE as a flexible platform for evaluating DTN protocol performance.
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Li, Yong
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Hui, Pan
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Jin, Depeng
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Chen, Sheng
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Li, Yong
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Hui, Pan
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Jin, Depeng
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Chen, Sheng
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Li, Yong, Hui, Pan, Jin, Depeng and Chen, Sheng (2015) Delay-tolerant network protocol testing and evaluation. IEEE Communications Magazine, 53 (1), 258-266. (doi:10.1109/MCOM.2015.7010543).

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Delay-tolerant networks, DTNs, are characterized by lacking end-to-end paths between communication sources and destinations. A variety of routing schemes have been proposed to provide communication services in DTNs, and credible and flexible protocol evaluation tools are in demand in order to test these DTN routing schemes. By examining the evolution of DTN protocol testing and evaluation, this article discusses the trend toward large-scale mobility trace supported emulation, and we propose TUNIE, a large-scale emulation testbed for DTN protocol evaluation based on network virtualization. Unlike the existing simulation tools and real-life testbeds, which either cannot provide a realistic DTN environment setup or are too costly and time-consuming, our proposed TUNIE architecture is capable of simulating reliable DTN environments and obtaining an accurate system performance evaluation. By system proptotype and implementation, we demonstrate TUNIE as a flexible platform for evaluating DTN protocol performance.

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Published date: January 2015
Organisations: Southampton Wireless Group

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/373467
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Date deposited: 21 Jan 2015 12:01
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 18:53

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Author: Yong Li
Author: Pan Hui
Author: Depeng Jin
Author: Sheng Chen

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