Opportunistic Networks Mobility Models, Protocols, Security, and Privacy

Opportunistic networks allow mobile users to share information without any network infrastructure.This book is suitable for both undergraduates and postgraduates as it discusses various aspects of opportunistic networking including, foundations of ad hoc network; taxonomy of mobility models, etc.

Preface Editors Contributors 1 Foundations of Opportunistic Networks Musaeed Abouaroek and Khaleel Ahmad 2 Opportunistic Resource Utilization Networks and Related Technologies Mai A. Alduailij and Leszek T. Lilien 3 Buffer Management in Delay-Tolerant Networks Sweta Jain 4 Taxonomy of Mobility Models Jyotsna Verma 5 Taxonomy of Routing Protocols for Opportunistic Networks Khaleel Ahmad, Muneera Fathima, and Khairol Amali bin Ahmad 6 Congestion-Aware Adaptive Routing for Opportunistic Networks Thabotharan Kathiravelu and Nalin Ranasinghe 7 Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks Sara Najafzadeh 8 Energy Management in OppNets Itu Snigdh and K. Sridhar Patnaik 9 Network Coding Schemes Amit Singh 10 Taxonomy of Security Attacks in Opportunistic Networks Gabriel de Biasi and Luiz F. M. Vieira 11 Pervasive Trust Foundation for Security and Privacy in Opportunistic Resource Utilization Networks Ahmed Al-Gburi, Abduljaleel Al-Hasnawi, Raed Mahdi Salih, and Leszek T. Lilien 12 Future Networks Inspired by Opportunistic Networks Anshul Verma, Mahatim Singh, K. K. Pattanaik, and B. K. Singh 13 Time and Data-Driven Triggering to Emulate Cross-Layer Feedback in Opportunistic Networks Rintu Nath 14 Applications of DTN Rahul Johari, Prachi Garg, Riya Bhatia, Kalpana Gupta, and Afreen Fatimah 15 Performance Evaluation of Social-Aware Routing Protocols in an Opportunistic Network Makshudur Rahman and Md. Sharif Hossen 16 Hands-On ONE Simulator: Opportunistic Network Environment Anshuman Chhabra, Vidushi Vashishth, and Deepak Kumar Sharma Index

Ganesh Chandra Deka: Ganesh Chandra Deka is the Deputy Director(Training)in Directorate General of Training, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (formerly DGE&T, Ministry of Labor & Employment), Government of India. He is a member of the IEEE and IETE, an associate member of the Institution of Engineers (India), and the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Computing, Communications, and Networking. His research interests include information and communications technology (ICT) in rural development, e-governance, cloud computing, data mining, NoSQL databases, and vocational education and training. He has edited three books on cloud computing and published more than 40 research papers. He earned a PhD in computer science from Ballsbridge University. Dr. Khaleel Ahmad is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science & Information Technology at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad. Prior to this he has worked at prestigious universities and institutions of national repute. He holds a PhD in Computer Science & Engineering and M.Tech in Information Security. His research area is Opportunistic Network, Cyber Security, Cryptography, Cloud Computing. He has over 30 published papers in refereed National/International Journals & Conferences (viz. Elsevier, ACM, IEEE, and Springer), 10 book chapters (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, IGI Global, IGNOU New Delhi). Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nur Izura Udzir is an academic staff at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) since 1998. She received her Bachelor of Computer Science (1995) and Master of Science (1998) from UPM, and her PhD in Computer Science from the University of York, UK (2006). Her areas of specialization are access control, intrusion detection systems, secure operating systems, coordination models and languages, and distributed systems. She is currently the Head of Department of Computer Science and a member of the Information Security Group (which she led in 2008-2013) at the faculty.