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DTN7: An Open-Source Disruption-Tolerant Networking Implementation of Bundle Protocol 7

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Ad-Hoc, Mobile, and Wireless Networks (ADHOC-NOW 2019)

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Abstract

In disruption-tolerant networking (DTN), data is transmitted in a store-carry-forward fashion from network node to network node. In this paper, we present an open source DTN implementation, called DTN7, of the recently released Bundle Protocol Version 7 (draft version 13). DTN7 is written in Go and provides features like memory safety and concurrent execution. With its modular design and interchangeable components, DTN7 facilitates DTN research and application development. Furthermore, we present results of a comparative experimental evaluation of DTN7 and other DTN systems including Serval, IBR-DTN, and Forban. Our results indicate that DTN7 is a flexible and efficient open-source multi-platform implementation of the most recent Bundle Protocol Version 7.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    https://github.com/dtn7/dtn7-go.

  2. 2.

    https://github.com/dtn7/adhocnow2019-evaluation.

  3. 3.

    https://ds.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/dtn7/adhoc-now_2019.tar.gz.

  4. 4.

    https://golang.org.

  5. 5.

    https://github.com/servalproject/serval-dna/tree/batphone-release-0.93.

  6. 6.

    https://github.com/ibrdtn/ibrdtn.

  7. 7.

    https://github.com/adulau/Forban.

  8. 8.

    http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/man_pidstat.html.

  9. 9.

    https://github.com/vgropp/bwm-ng.

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This work is funded by the HMWK (LOEWE Natur 4.0 and LOEWE emergenCITY) and the DFG (SFB 1053 - MAKI).

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany

    Alvar Penning, Jonas Höchst, Artur Sterz & Bernd Freisleben

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany

    Jonas Höchst, Artur Sterz & Bernd Freisleben

  3. Department of Computer Science, Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany

    Lars Baumgärtner & Mira Mezini

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Penning, A., Baumgärtner, L., Höchst, J., Sterz, A., Mezini, M., Freisleben, B. (2019). DTN7: An Open-Source Disruption-Tolerant Networking Implementation of Bundle Protocol 7. In: Palattella, M., Scanzio, S., Coleri Ergen, S. (eds) Ad-Hoc, Mobile, and Wireless Networks. ADHOC-NOW 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11803. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31831-4_14

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