Christophe Diot, Technicolor, France

Abstract

Departing from most simulation based works performed in academia, we survey 5 years of pioneering work in the area of opportunistic ad-hoc communication taking both an experimental and analytical approach. The presentation has two parts: We present first the major findings that we have made on human mobility and on the feasibility of opportunistic ad-hoc communication. We then describe our research on epidemic communication in social communities. We show that the key parameter in opportunistic content dissemination is the density of contact, and that the social characteristics of the nodes have very little impact. We discuss the overall idea of content mobility and identify directions for future research.