Collecting sensed data with opportunistic networks: The case of contact information overhead

• Main Authors: Amah, T. E., Kamat, M., Abu Bakar, K., Rahman, S. O. A., Mohammed, M. H., Abali, A. M., Moreira, W., Oliveira, Jr.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2017
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/76290/1/MaznahKamat_CollectingSensedDatawithOpportunisticNetworks.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/76290/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85030153236&doi=10.3390%2finfo8030108&partnerID=40&md5=e54c885ae3b18948e1770a036bfa8f0e

The rising human population in urban environments drives the mission towards smart cities, which envisions a wide deployment of sensors in order to improve the quality of living. In this regard, opportunistic networks (OppNets) present an economical means of collecting delay tolerant data from senso...