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Bulk Data Transfers through an Airline Delay-Tolerant Network

Authors:
Christina M. Malliou
Nikolaos Bezirgiannidis
Vassilis Tsaoussidis

Keywords: Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking; Airport network; Sneakernet; Bulk data; Contact Graph Routing.

Abstract:
In the era of big data, the Internet engineering community is searching for solutions to alleviate the issues caused by the con-stantly increasing data traffic. In this paper, we attempt to revive the sneakernet paradigm as a possible solution for non-real-time bulk data transfers. We propose a sample network architecture that takes advantage of the existing worldwide airline infrastruc-ture, and leverages Delay-Tolerant Networking architecture to transfer data over the air in an automated way. We exploit Con-tact Graph Routing algorithm, which utilizes flight schedules to route bundles based on delivery delay or cost minimization. We examine the applicability of our proposal in a scenario that includes bulk space-data transfers between ESA data centers. Through simulations, we illustrate that the proposed scheme can deliver data efficiently between connected data centers, while the achieved throughput increases with the amount of data transmitted.

Pages: 120 to 125

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: November 15, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2163-9027

ISBN: 978-1-61208-439-8

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from November 15, 2015 to November 20, 2015