Multicast in DTN

Delay Tolerant Networks(DTN) is special kind of network protocol specially designed to support communication in intermittently connected mobile devices. It’s applications are(but not limited to) satellite communication in interplanetary distances, extreme terrestrial conditions, etc. More details can be found at [1].

There are quite a few of implementations of this network protocol available in the world but very few support multicast communication. In this project, I formulated, implemented in IBRDTN, a DTN implementation for embedded devices in Python. After this, I simulated the algorithm in ONE simulator, a Opportunistic Network Environment Simulator.