Storage aware routing protocol for robust and efficient services in the future mobile Internet

Abstract

The prominence of wireless, mobile devices on the Internet today has motivated numerous protocols and architectures, such as the MobilityFirst Future Internet Architecture project. In this work, we present a robust, local-scale, storage-aware routing approach, called GSTAR, for use in Mobility-First networks. GSTAR unifies techniques from MANET and DTN routing protocols. This unification with in-network storage enables it to overcome mobility-related challenges such as link quality variation, node disconnection, and network partitioning. Through NS3-based simulation, we show that GSTAR outperforms traditional link-state protocols for both wireless and hybrid wired-wireless network environments.