Delay Tolerant Networks

Chapter 4

A Routing-Compatible Credit-Based Incentive Scheme for DTNs

Haojin Zhu, Xiaodong Lin, Rongxing Lu, Yanfei Fan and Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

• 4.1 Introduction

• 4.2 Related Work

• 4.3 System Model and Design Goals

  • 4.3.1 Network Model

  • 4.3.2 Data Forwarding Strategy

  • 4.3.3 Rewarding Model

  • 4.3.4 Attack Model

  • 4.3.5 Design Goals

• 4.4 The Proposed SMART Scheme

  • 4.4.1 Pairing Technique

  • 4.4.2 The Overview of SMART

    • 4.4.2.1 Preventing Layer Injection or Nodular Tontine Attack

    • 4.4.2.2 Motivating Nodes to Submit Coins.

  • 4.4.3 The SMART Scheme

    • 4.4.3.1 System Initialization

    • 4.4.3.2 Bundle Generation

    • 4.4.3.3 Bundle Forwarding

    • 4.4.3.4 Charging and Rewarding

  • 4.4.4 Efficiency Enhancement

    • 4.4.4.1 Reducing the Transmission and Computation Overhead ...