Mobile Wireless Middleware, Operating Systems, and Applications - Workshops. Mobilware 2009 Workshops, Berlin, Germany, April 2009, Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

Connecting the Islands – Enabling Global Connectivity through Local Cooperation

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-03569-2_16,
        author={Janus Heide and Morten Pedersen and Frank Fitzek and Torben Larsen},
        title={Connecting the Islands -- Enabling Global Connectivity through Local Cooperation},
        proceedings={Mobile Wireless Middleware, Operating Systems, and Applications - Workshops. Mobilware 2009 Workshops, Berlin, Germany, April 2009, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={MOBILWARE WORKSHOPS},
        year={2012},
        month={11},
        keywords={Cooperation Network Coding Ubiquitous Networks Wireless Networks},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-03569-2_16}
    }
    
  • Janus Heide
    Morten Pedersen
    Frank Fitzek
    Torben Larsen
    Year: 2012
    Connecting the Islands – Enabling Global Connectivity through Local Cooperation
    MOBILWARE WORKSHOPS
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03569-2_16
Janus Heide1,*, Morten Pedersen1,*, Frank Fitzek1,*, Torben Larsen1,*
  • 1: Aalborg University
*Contact email: speje@es.aau.dk, mvpe@es.aau.dk, ff@es.aau.dk, tl@es.aau.dk

Abstract

In this work we consider the interconnection of islands formed by neighbouring devices in a highly dynamic topology. To allow for high mobility we take offset in a purely wireless infrastructure where all devices incorporate a global and a local wireless communication interface. We consider cooperation as a means to improve the utilization of these interfaces. Furthermore we reflect on the use of network coding as a technique for decreasing the complexity of cooperative strategies and presents obstacles that must be addressed before network coding can be deployed.