CafNet : a carry-and-forward delay-tolerant network
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Chen, Kevin W. (Kevin William)
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Carry-and-forward Network : a carry-and-forward delay-tolerant network
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Hari Balakrishnan.
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In this thesis, I designed and implemented a delay-tolerant network stack that allows applications to send messages to other network nodes when no end-to-end connectivity is present. CafNet, the Carry-and-Forward Network, is a delay-tolerant network stack with a CafNet Transport Layer, a CafNet Network Layer, and one or more Mule Adaptation Layers, corresponding to the traditional transport, network, and link layers. Nodes can connect to other nodes through a variety of link mechanisms, and in some cases, the data itself can be physically carried, such as on a USB key or a PDA. CafNet prioritizes messages such that data with a higher priority is sent during short bursts of connectivity. The stack was tested on embedded PC systems used in cars for the CarTel project to determine its performance.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2007. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-65).
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2007Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer SciencePublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.