Custodial Multicast in Delay Tolerant Networks: Challenges and Approaches

Abstract

Although custodial transmission of multicast bundles would be a desirable capability to have in Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs), support for custodial multicast transmission was omitted from the Bundle Protocol Specification because of its complexity. This paper explains the difficulties that arise with respect to supporting custody transfer and retransmission of multicast bundles, and it describes some potential solutions for addressing these issues that the authors are currently exploring as work-in-progress.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA463904

Entities

People

  • Keith Scott
  • Robert C. Durst
  • Susan Symington

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Bandwidth
  • Computer Networks
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Convergence
  • Corporations
  • Data Rate
  • Data Transmission
  • Disruption Tolerant Networks
  • Information Operations
  • Network Architecture
  • Networks
  • Retransmission
  • Routing Protocols
  • Stability Conditions
  • Task Forces

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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