Measuring QoS in an aeronautical opportunistic network architecture with limited access to a satellite communications backhaul

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dc.contributor.authorMartínez-Vidal, Rubén
dc.contributor.authorMartí, Ramon
dc.contributor.authorSreenan, Cormac J.
dc.contributor.authorBorrell, Joan
dc.contributor.funderUniversity of Alabama at Birminghamen
dc.contributor.funderMinisterio de Economía y Competitividaden
dc.contributor.funderAgència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-08T09:41:12Z
dc.date.available2016-12-08T09:41:12Z
dc.date.issued2016-01
dc.date.updated2016-12-08T09:15:54Z
dc.description.abstractWe measure quality of service (QoS) in a wireless network architecture of transoceanic aircraft. A distinguishing characteristic of the network scheme we analyze is that it mixes the concept of Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN) through the exploitation of opportunistic contacts, together with direct satellite access in a limited number of the nodes. We provide a graph sparsification technique for deriving a network model that satisfies the key properties of a real aeronautical opportunistic network while enabling scalable simulation. This reduced model allows us to analyze the impact regarding QoS of introducing Internet-like traffic in the form of outgoing data from passengers. Promoting QoS in DTNs is usually really challenging due to their long delays and scarce resources. The availability of satellite communication links offers a chance to provide an improved degree of service regarding a pure opportunistic approach, and therefore it needs to be properly measured and quantified. Our analysis focuses on several QoS indicators such as delivery time, delivery ratio, and bandwidth allocation fairness. Obtained results show significant improvements in all metric indicators regarding QoS, not usually achievable on the field of DTNs.en
dc.description.sponsorshipAgencia de Gestión de Ayudas Universitarias y de Investigación, Cataluña (Project 92014SGR-691); Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Project TIN2014-55243-P); University of Alabama at Birmingham (PhD grant UAB PIF 472-01-1/E2010)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid7601316
dc.identifier.citationMartínez-Vidal, R., Martí, R., Sreenan, C.J., and Borrell, J. (2016) 'Measuring QoS in an aeronautical opportunistic network architecture with limited access to a satellite communications backhaul', Mobile Information Systems, 7601316 (12pp). doi:10.1155/2016/7601316en
dc.identifier.doi10.1155/2016/7601316
dc.identifier.endpage12en
dc.identifier.issn1574-017X
dc.identifier.journaltitleMobile Information Systemsen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3356
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherHindawi Publishing Corporationen
dc.rights© 2016, Rubén Martínez-Vidal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectDelayen
dc.subjectTransoceanic aircraften
dc.subjectDelay Tolerant Networkingen
dc.subjectDTNen
dc.subjectQoSen
dc.subjectQuality of serviceen
dc.titleMeasuring QoS in an aeronautical opportunistic network architecture with limited access to a satellite communications backhaulen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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