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Message anonymity on predictable opportunistic networks

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A Predictable Opportunistic Network (POppNet) is a network where end-to-end connectivity is not guaranteed, and node communication happens in an opportunistic manner, but the behavior of the network can be predicted in advance. The predictability of such networks can be exploited to simplify some mechanisms of more generic OppNets where there is no prior knowledge on the network behavior. In this paper, we propose some solutions to provide anonymity for messages on POppNets by using simple onion routing, and thus to increase the privacy of the nodes in communication.

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This paper has been partially supported by Spanish Government under grants TIN2017-87211-R, RTI2018-095094-B-C22 “CONSENT”, and TIN2014-57364-C2-2-R “SMARTGLACIS”. Depeng Chen acknowledges the support from the China Scholarship Council, Grant No. 201606140138. C. Pérez-Solà was working at Universitat Rovira i Virgili when some of this work was done. Authors acknowledge Cristina Fernandez-Cordoba and Jordi Herrera-Joancomarti for insightful comments on some aspects related to the work described in this paper.

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  1. Department of Information and Communications Engineering, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    D. Chen, G. Navarro-Arribas & J. Borrell

  2. CYBERCAT-Center for Cybersecurity Research of Catalonia, Tarragona, Spain

    D. Chen, G. Navarro-Arribas, C. Pérez-Solà & J. Borrell

  3. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona, Spain

    C. Pérez-Solà

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Chen, D., Navarro-Arribas, G., Pérez-Solà, C. et al. Message anonymity on predictable opportunistic networks. J Ambient Intell Human Comput (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-019-01393-0

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Keywords

  • Opportunistic networking
  • Predictable opportunistic networks
  • Onion routing
  • Message anonymity