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FUZZY-PRoPHET: a novel routing protocol for opportunistic network

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Opportunistic networks are the subclass of DTN. DTN does not require an end-to-end path to forward a message. In opportunistic networks, nodes may have partial or zero knowledge about the network. Due to which, clear information about the nodes in the network becomes difficult. Opportunistic network applications are for the situations with high tolerance of long delays, high error rate etc.; Routing in such a network is a challenge. In this paper, we propose a protocol called as Fuzzy-PRoPHET which can be a novel routing protocol for opportunistic network. The best models are chosen i.e. PRoPHET and Fuzzy to design an efficient routing protocol. Fuzzy takes all values between 0 and 1, due to which collecting best nodes can become easy. Membership functions are calculated to choose next hop. Fuzzy is the best mathematical tool to represent uncertainty. Therefore, we can achieve better results and can increase throughput with minimum communication delay.

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  1. School of CS and IT, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, India

    Khaleel Ahmad, Muneera Fathima & Afrah Fathima

  2. Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, Delhi, India

    Vishal Jain

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Ahmad, K., Fathima, M., Jain, V. et al. FUZZY-PRoPHET: a novel routing protocol for opportunistic network. Int. j. inf. tecnol. 9, 121–127 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41870-017-0021-z

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