DesCom: Routing Decision using Estimation Time in VDTN

VDTN was proposed as a disrupting network which is established on the paradigm of the delay-tolerant network. VDTN uses vehicular nodes to convey messages as, it permits sparse opportunistic network connectivity, which is considered by the low node density where the vehicular traffic is sporadic, and no end-to-end paths exist between nodes. The message bundle is directed from the sender to the receiver node based on the routing protocol decision. While Routing protocols take decisions based on different metrics like Time to live, Location, Remaining Buffer Size, meeting probability, etc. In this paper, a routing protocol named DesCom is proposed for Vehicular Delay-Tolerant Network under a highly suppressed and sparse environment. DesCom takes the decision based on Message TTL, Transmission rate, and Estimation time. Estimation time is calculated in our previous work. The protocol defines whether to direct the message to the requested node or search the other more suitable node to carry that data bundles. After compiling multiple simulations with different numbers of vehicles and comparing DesCom with other routing protocols it is concluded that DesCom has the least buffer time with low latency along with good delivery probability.

@article{Ali2019,
  title     = {DesCom: Routing Decision using Estimation Time in VDTN},
  journal   = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
  volume    = {10},
  number    = {11},
  year      = {2019},
  publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
  author    = {Adnan Ali and Jinlong Li and Aqsa Tanveer and Maryam Batool and Nimra Choudhary},
  doi       = {10.14569/IJACSA.2019.0101133},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2019.0101133}
}