4th International ICST Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference

Research Article

Opportunistic Networking as a Paradigm to Exploit Mobility

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2008.4115,
        author={Sergio Palazzo and Alessandro Leonardi and Mathias Boc and Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini and Roberto Verdone},
        title={Opportunistic Networking as a Paradigm to Exploit Mobility},
        proceedings={4th International ICST Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference},
        publisher={ICST},
        proceedings_a={MOBIMEDIA},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={Opportunistic Networks Research Challenges Mobility},
        doi={10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2008.4115}
    }
    
  • Sergio Palazzo
    Alessandro Leonardi
    Mathias Boc
    Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini
    Roberto Verdone
    Year: 2010
    Opportunistic Networking as a Paradigm to Exploit Mobility
    MOBIMEDIA
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.MOBIMEDIA2008.4115
Sergio Palazzo1,*, Alessandro Leonardi1,*, Mathias Boc2,*, Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini3,*, Roberto Verdone4,*
  • 1: CNIT, Catania Research Unit, Italy.
  • 2: UPMC, Univ. Paris 06, France.
  • 3: CNIT, Torino Research Unit, Italy.
  • 4: CNIT, Bologna Research Unit, Italy.
*Contact email: spalazzo@diit.unict.it, aleonardi@diit.unict.it, mathias.boc@lip6.fr, chiasserini@polito.it, rverdone@deis.unibo.it

Abstract

Recently, a new communication paradigm has imposed in wireless communications, which exploits opportunism as a means for exploiting the resources of separate network systems according to the needs of specific application tasks. In this paper, we describe the main characteristics of opportunistic networks and the most relevant research challenges they pose, highlighting how mobility can be both a threat and an advantage to be exploited.