耐延遲網路(Delay Tolerant Networks)上的路由協定可以區分為兩大類:flooding-based protocols 跟forwarding-based protocols。網路編碼(Network Coding)是一種編碼技術可以提高訊息傳輸的可靠度；並且運作時不需要知道整體網路的拓樸資訊。 我們提出的演算法結合了flooding-based protocols 跟forwarding-based protocol特性，最主要的概念是讓訊息不是被傳送給每一個節點，而是傳送給朝向目的地或是接近目的地的節點。當節點相遇時，我們的方法會利用節點的路徑、移動方向與速度去預測到達目的地的機率。同時我們利用網路編碼的技巧傳送編碼後的資料來代替訊息的片段，來避免重複傳送多餘的訊息；並讓通訊更加可靠。根據實驗模擬的結果，我們的機制有較好的效能，特別是在頻寬的使用上。 / The routing protocols of delay tolerant networks could be divided in two categories: flooding-based protocols and forwarding-based protocols. Network coding is an encoding technique that could make data transmission more reliable. It operates without the needed of information about the network topology. We proposed a routing protocol integrating the characteristic of flooding-based protocol and forwarding-based protocol. The main idea of our protocol is to let message would not be flooded to every node but to the nodes moving toward or moving closer to destination. When nodes contact with each other, our approach will use the path of node, node’s moving direction and its velocity to estimate the probability to reach the destination of message. At the same time, we exploit network coding to transmit coded block instead of message fragment in order to avoid sending redundant replication, make data transmit more reliable and more robust to packet losses or delays. From the result of simulation, we could see that our protocol have a higher performance especially in the bandwidth consumption compared to other protocols.

在DTN(Delay Tolerant Networks)這類的網路架構下，無線節點之 間的通訊連線是採非連續性建立的。DTN 路由協定中, 決定中繼節點 方式大致可以分成兩類:依地理位置考量的路由協定（Geographic Routing Protocal）和依社交模式考量的路由協定（Social-based Routing Portocal）。 由於人與人間的互動是透過社交關係, 但是真實的資訊傳遞又須 仰賴當時的地理位置。因此我們提出的演算法將網路拓墣分成社交層與地理層, 在社交層中利用Social Ally Selection Algorithm 挑選出合適的社交盟友(Social Ally)。在地理層中利用Geographic Messenger Forwarding Algorithm 挑選合適的節點將訊息傳送給朝向目的地或是社交中繼站的節點。根據實驗模擬結果, 我們的路由協定能有較佳的傳遞成功率, 並降低了延遲時間。 / Delay Tolerant networks (DTN) may lack continuous network connectivity. Most of these DTN routing protocol, which attempt to make better routing decision, could be divided in two categories: Geographic routing protocols and Social-based routing protocols. Due to the interaction between people through social behaviors and message transmissions rely on geographic position information, we proposed a routing protocol which network topology is divided into two sub layers: social layer and geographic layer. In social layer, we propose a Social Ally Selection Algorithm to decide social allies that are controlled to improve delivery performance. In geographic layer, we propose a Geographic Messenger Forwarding Algorithm to transmit message to the nodes moving toward to social ally or destination. According to the simulation results, we could show that our routing protocol have higher delivery ratio and lower delay latency compare to other protocols.

在傳統的DTN路由協定中，由於網路拓樸的快速變動，為了能將訊息封包傳送到目的地，通常是透過大量的複製，或是透過資訊的過濾與計算，將封包交由適合的節點來協助傳送。 然而在電池電源有限的條件之下，過於冗餘的封包複製傳遞，或CPU運算的大量使用，將使得節點容易因電量耗盡而失去傳遞的功能，不只是造成整體系統的存活時間(System Lifetime)降低，亦非常不利於維持整體網路的傳遞成功率(Delivery Ratio)。 在旅行的過程中，同行的人們通常具有相同的移動軌跡以及最終目的地，因而形成團體行動的模式；針對這樣的特性，我們採用每個團隊只留下一位領隊來統籌探索鄰居及封包傳遞的概念，透過GPS的資訊輔助來設計出組隊省電機制，延長節點存活時間，進而提升系統存活時間，並在運算複雜度較低且封包冗餘複製亦降低的狀況下，仍保有不錯的傳遞成功率以及較低的效能衰減。 / In traditional routing protocols of DTNs, most of them are using redundancy messages and information computing to make a good relay decision. Due to energy limitation, too many redundant message transmissions or high computing will make nodes die off quickly. It will decrease the system lifetime and diminish the delivery ratio of the whole system. When people go on a tour, friends always form a group due that members have a similar moving path and destination. Based on the features of moving patterns, we design a grouping scheme, namely, Energy-aware Grouping, with the concept that there is only one node awake in a group in charge of contact and message transmissions. With the assistance by GPS, our method has reduced the numbers of redundant message transmissions and information computing. Simulation results show that it can extend the system lifetime with maintaining still good delivery ratio

在耐延遲網路環境下節點的相遇情況不是很頻繁，這可能導致節點間的連線斷斷續續，使得有效地將訊息傳遞成為一件困難的事情。藉由社群感知轉送機制的中間度指標特性，可以來提升傳送成功率。雖然大多數研究幾乎都是將訊息轉送到單一目的地或是多個且已知的目的地。然而，一些應用像是廣告的散佈，要將訊息送給對訊息有興趣的人，但卻不知道是誰。因此，關鍵的問題為如何建立社群網路關係的親密度機制，來選擇作為轉送訊息的節點，並利用群體廣播的方式盡可能有效地傳播至最多可能目標目的地，進而提升效能。 本論文以群播機制和社群感知當作基礎概念，來設計新的轉送訊息的方法和公式化選擇中繼節點的機制。最後，我們使用政治大學實際軌跡來模擬，將模擬結果與其它路由演算法比較，其結果證明我們所提出的方法能提高訊息傳送成功率和正確率，降低傳送延遲時間和傳送訊息的成本。 / In delay tolerant networks (DTNs), nodes infrequently encounter with each others. This results in intermittent connectivity of the nodes, and makes it difficult to deliver the message effectively. A social-aware forwarding scheme can help for successful delivery ratio by utilizing the characteristic of their centrality metric. Most of the previous studies focus on message delivery to single destination or some priori known destinations. However, some applications like advertisement dissemination may not know who will be the interested persons to be delivered. Therefore, the key challenge is how to establish the social relationship strategy to select appropriate nodes as relays, and furthermore to use multicasting to disseminate effectively as many “target” destinations as possible to improve the performance. This thesis developed a new strategy which has a new forwarding message scheme and formulates the selection of the relay nodes based on the concept of the multicasting and the social network. Finally, we used the reality trace data of National Chengchi University to simulate. The simulation results are compared to others DTNs routing protocols as well as other social-aware forwarding schemes. The results showed that our proposed approach can enhance the successful delivery ratio and delivery accuracy, decrease the delivery delay and reduce the delivery overhead.

在耐延遲網路上，離線的使用者，可以透過節點的相遇，以點對點之特定訊息繞送方法，將資訊傳遞至目的地。如此解決了使用者暫時無法上網時欲傳遞資訊之困難。因此，在本研究中，當使用者在某一地區，欲查詢該地區相關之資訊，但又一時無法連上網際網路時，則可透過耐延遲網路之特性，尋求其它同樣使用本服務之使用者幫忙以達到查詢之目的。 本論文提出一適地性服務之資料搜尋方法，以三層式區域概念，及混合式節點型態，並透過資料訊息複製、查詢訊息複製、資料回覆及資料同步等四項策略來達成使用者查詢之目的。特別在訊息傳遞方面，提出一訊息佇列選擇演算法，賦予優先權概念於每一訊息中，使得較為重要之訊息得以優先傳送，藉此提高查詢之成功率及減少查詢之延遲時間。最後，我們將本論文方法與其它查詢方法比較評估效能，其模擬結果顯示我們提出的方法有較優的查詢效率與延遲。 / In Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs), the offline users can, through the encountering nodes, use the specific peer-to-peer message routing approach to deliver messages to the destination. Thus, it solves the problem that users have the demands to deliver messages while they are temporarily not able to connect to Internet. Therefore, by the characteristics of DTNs, people who are not online can still query some location based information, with the help of users using the same service in the nearby area. In this thesis, we proposed a Location-based content search approach. Based on the concept of three-tier area and hybrid node types, we presented four strategies to solve the query problem. They are Data Replication, Query Replication, Data Reply and Data synchronization strategies. Especially in message transferring, we proposed a Message Queue Selection algorithm. We set the priority concept to every message such that the most important one could be sent first. In this way, it can increase the query success ratio and reduce the query delay time. Finally, we evaluated our approach, and compared with other routing schemes. The simulation results showed that our proposed approach had better query efficiency and shorter delay.

近年來興起一個前瞻性無線技術，稱之為無線網狀網路（Wireless Mesh Networks），WMNs 以所費低廉方式提供無線網路最後一哩存取Internet，同時具備ad hoc 網路全部優點，例如自我組織（self-organization）、自我組態（self-configuration）等。儘管WMNs 骨幹部分與平面式ad hoc 網路相似，多網卡（multi-radio）的Mesh Routers 節點卻是固定不動且沒有電力限制。有鑑於此，設計於ad hoc 網路上之路由協定並不適合於WMNs。 WCETT（Weighted Cumulated Expected Transmission Time）metric 考量到intra-flow 干擾，卻未捕捉到inter-flow 干擾；而LBAR（Load-Balanced Ad hoc Routing）協定以計算節點之活躍值（nodal activity）與訊務流量干擾選擇路徑，並無支援多網卡路由，LBAR 可以在單一網卡環境表現良好，在多網卡環境卻不一定。因此，我們提出一個WMNs 上考量到Intra/Inter-flow干擾之多網卡路由協定，稱為MiRii。模擬結果顯示出我們路由協定可以改善網路效能，包含了封包成功傳送率及平均點對點延遲。 / A new promising wireless technology has emerged recently, called wireless mesh networks (WMNs). WMNs are inexpensive way to provide wireless last-mile broadband Internet access and have all the advantages of ad hoc network, such as self-organization, self-configuration. Although WMNs backbone is similar to flat ad hoc network, mesh routers with multi-radio are stationary and have no power constraints. As a result, routing protocols designed for ad hoc network may not be appropriate for WMNs. The WCETT (Weighted Cumulated Expected Transmission Time) metric takes intra-flow interference into consideration, but does not capture inter-flow interference. LBAR (Load-Balanced Ad hoc Routing) calculates nodal activity and traffic interference for choosing a path, but does not supporting multi-radio. LBAR may be perform well in single-radio environment, but do not perform as well in multi-radios. Consequently, we incorporate a new Multi-Interface Routing with Intra/Inter-flow Interference in Wireless Mesh Networks, called MiRii. The simulations show that our routing protocol can improve the network performance including the Packet Delivery Ratio and average end-to-end delay.

在耐延遲網路(Delay Tolerant Network)中，因為節點具有移動性，因此找不到穩定且持續的點對點資料傳送路徑。常見的路由協定可分為機會路由、基於預測的路由以及調度路由，然而這些路由協定使用在市區環境中，有著些許不足與不適用，因此本論文提出一個適用在市區資料傳送的演算法。 本論文提出之混合階層式路由演算法，是在市區環境中建立一個以公車為基礎的資料傳送架構，包含行人與公車兩種節點。我們建立節點與節點相遇時資料交換傳送規則，例如行人與行人相遇、行人與公車相遇或是公車與公車相遇時各自有不同的資料傳送判斷與限制。 實驗結果也證明所提出之混合階層式演算法，除了可以有效地減少傳送延遲時間並提高訊息傳送成功率，並且在給定節點一定的移動速度與緩衝區大小下，我們的演算法有著最突出的效能。 / In Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs), there is no guarantee that a stable connected path between source and destination nodes always exists because of high node mobility. The current DTN routing protocols can be summarized into three categories: opportunistic, prediction-based and scheduling protocols. However, these routing protocols have some deficiencies and are not specifically focused on the urban areas which have primarily two hierarchical nodes, namely pedestrian and bus nodes. We proposed a Hybrid Hierarchy Routing Protocol, a bus-based architecture for urban areas. We established the rules of data transmission when one node contacts other nodes. More specifically, Ped-to-Ped, Ped-to-Bus and Bus-to-Bus contacts, have different judgments and restrictions for data forwarding. The simulation results demonstrate that the Hybrid Hierarchy Routing Protocol can effectively reduce the delivery delay and improve the successful delivery rate. And in given certain speed and buffer sizes, our algorithm has the most prominent performance.

在耐延遲網路環境下，訊息資料的傳送依賴於節點間因移動性而產生的間斷性連結，並使用「儲存並攜帶再轉送」的方式傳遞至其目的地，因此網路中各個節點的儲存空間以及與其他節點的「接觸關連性」將扮演訊息傳遞品質的重要因素。 本論文提出一以Flooding-based與Forwarding-based兩類路由協定為基礎設計結構、並加以擴充考量訊息優先權於轉發機制之三階段式路由演算法。其主要概念在於利用網路中節點的移動特性來週期性地預測節點與節點間未來的相遇人氣做為訊息散播時的分配權重、及以累計相遇時間之比率為接觸關聯性做為訊息是否進一步轉送之依據、最後並在訊息傳送順序上加入優先權排序的策略。根據與其他路由演算法的模擬實驗，顯示我們所提的演算法能有較高的訊息傳遞成功率、相對低的資源耗費、以及差異化訊息傳送服務的效能。 / Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs) use the “Store-Carry-and-Forward” approach to deliver the messages to the destinations. It relies on the intermittent link that occurs when two nodes contact each other due to mobility. Therefore, the buffer and “contact association” of nodes are two important factors that affect the delivery performance. In this thesis, we propose a three-phase algorithm (SFMS: Spray and Forwarding scheme with Message Scheduling) that integrates the concepts of flooding-based and forwarding-based protocols, and considers message priority. The main idea of SFMS is to periodically predict the contact popularity and contact association among nodes, such that we can determine the fast message spraying and efficient forwarding strategy. Furthermore, we come up with a message scheduling mechanism to enhance the resource allocation. Simulation results show that our scheme has a better performance for delivering messages. Besides, it also achieves a differential delivery performance for different priorities of messages while maintaining a better resource allocation.

為了降低無線網路基地台後端之backhaul成本及解決Ad hoc網路涵蓋面積問題，無線網狀網路WMNs(Wireless Mesh Networks)因此應運而生。WMNs網路上的節點裝置與Ad hoc網路上的行動裝置對電量消耗及負載的需求是非常不同的，所以在Ad hoc網路上可使用之路由協定在WMNs網路上是無法直接適用的。 在Pure Ad hoc網路上考量Power之MMBCR(Min-Max Battery Cost Routing)及考量Loading之CSLAR(Contention Sensitive Load Aware Routing)等路由協定並沒有考量到WMNs網路上不同元件間的不同特性。有鑑於此，我們著重在Hybrid WMNs網路環境上，並提出了在Mesh Clients及Routers上同時考量Power及Loading的路徑演算法，我們稱之為POLAR。實驗結果顯示我們的路由協定能夠提昇整體的網路效能及延長網路存活時間。 / In order to reduce the backhaul cost and solve Ad hoc network coverage problem, WMNs (Wireless Mesh Networks) arise at the historic moment. The requirements on power efficiency and loading are much different between mesh nodes of WMNs and mobile hosts of ad hoc networks. The routing protocol used in Ad hoc networks would be not suitable in WMN networks. The power-aware routing in MMBCR (Min-Max Battery Cost Routing) and load-aware routing in CSLAR (Contention Sensitive Load Aware Routing) used in pure Ad hoc networks don‘t consider the different characteristics of the components in WMNs. In view of this, we focus on the Hybrid WMNs environment, and propose a combined POwer-Aware with Load-Aware Routing algorithm (Called POLAR) along mesh clients and routers. The experimental results show that our routing protocol can enhance the network efficiency and lengthen the network live time.