A METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR BULK DATA TRANSFER IN DELAY-TOLERANT NETWORKS

摘要

The method comprises modelling a delay-tolerant dynamic network comprising time-varying links transforming it into a static time-expanded network graph, and managing bulk data transfer on the basis of said static time-expanded network graph. The device comprises a scheduler unit with processing capabilities implementing an algorithm which processes arc costs (cijt) and storage costs (pit) as per the method of the first aspect of the invention.