TAIRO: Trust-Aware Automatic Incremental Routing for Opportunistic Resource Utilization Networks

Abstract

Oppnets, or Opportunistic Resource Utilization Networks, are a kind of ad hoc computer network that grows by discovering and integrating previously unencountered devices or systems with desirable resources (Oppnets are a predecessor and a generalization of opportunistic networks proposed by others). We present work in progress on TAIRO or Trust-aware Automatic Incremental Routing for Oppnets. TAIRO is based on the innovative AIR routing scheme. AIR uses specially designed prefix labels to manage routing in an ad hoc network, which is especially well-suited for meeting the goals of Oppnets.