Delay-tolerant networking: an approach to interplanetary Internet Export

@article{citeulike:561905, abstract = {Increasingly, network applications must communicate with counterparts across disparate networking environments characterized by significantly different sets of physical and operational constraints; wide variations in transmission latency are particularly troublesome. The proposed Interplanetary Internet, which must encompass both terrestrial and interplanetary links, is an extreme case. An architecture based on a "least common denominator" protocol that can operate successfully and (where required) reliably in multiple disparate environments would simplify the development and deployment of such applications. The Internet protocols are ill suited for this purpose. We identify three fundamental principles that would underlie a delay-tolerant networking (DTN) architecture and describe the main structural elements of that architecture, centered on a new end-to-end overlay network protocol called Bundling. We also examine Internet infrastructure adaptations that might yield comparable performance but conclude that the simplicity of the DTN architecture promises easier deployment and extension.}, author = {Burleigh, S. and Hooke, A. and Torgerson, L. and Fall, K. and Cerf, V. and Durst, B. and Scott, K. and Weiss, H.}, citeulike-article-id = {561905}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1204759}, journal = {Communications Magazine, IEEE}, keywords = {dtn, ipn}, number = {6}, pages = {128--136}, posted-at = {2007-10-10 11:14:47}, priority = {0}, title = {Delay-tolerant networking: an approach to interplanetary Internet}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1204759}, volume = {41}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:561905 L3 - citeulike-article-id:561905 N2 - Increasingly, network applications must communicate with counterparts across disparate networking environments characterized by significantly different sets of physical and operational constraints; wide variations in transmission latency are particularly troublesome. The proposed Interplanetary Internet, which must encompass both terrestrial and interplanetary links, is an extreme case. An architecture based on a "least common denominator" protocol that can operate successfully and (where required) reliably in multiple disparate environments would simplify the development and deployment of such applications. The Internet protocols are ill suited for this purpose. We identify three fundamental principles that would underlie a delay-tolerant networking (DTN) architecture and describe the main structural elements of that architecture, centered on a new end-to-end overlay network protocol called Bundling. We also examine Internet infrastructure adaptations that might yield comparable performance but conclude that the simplicity of the DTN architecture promises easier deployment and extension. IS - 6 JF - Communications Magazine, IEEE EP - 136 TI - Delay-tolerant networking: an approach to interplanetary Internet VL - 41 SP - 128 KW - dtn KW - ipn AU - Burleigh, S AU - Hooke, A AU - Torgerson, L AU - Fall, K AU - Cerf, V AU - Durst, B AU - Scott, K AU - Weiss, H PY - 2003/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1204759 ER -