Epidemic Dissemination for Probabilistic Data Storage
H. Miranda, S. Leggio, L. Rodrigues, K. Raatikainen.
In Global Data Management, Volume 8, Emerging Communication: Studies
on New Technologies and Practices in Communication, R. Baldoni, G.
Cortese, F. Davide and A. Melpignano (eds.), July 2006, IOS Press.
ISBN: 1-58603-629-7.
Abstract
In Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs) we are often faced with the problem
of sharing information among a (potentially large) set of nodes. The
replication of data items among different nodes of a MANET is an
efficient technique to increase data availability and improve the
latency of data access. However, an efficient replication scheme
requires a scalable method to disseminate updates. The robustness and
scalability of gossip (or epidemic) protocols make them an efficient
tool for message dissemination in large scale wired and wireless
networks. This chapter describes a novel algorithm to replicate and
retrieve data items among nodes in a MANET that is based on a epidemic
dissemination scheme. Our approach is tailored to the concrete network
environment of MANETs and, while embedding several ideas from existing
gossip protocols, takes into account the topology, scarcity of
resources, and limited availability of both the devices and the
network links in this sort of networks.
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