Opportunistic forwarding for user-provided networks

We study opportunistic forwarding in a community-based networking paradigm where mobile users and shared access points (SAPs) collectively provide Internet access to users (mobile or not), including those in areas where other connectivity options are not available. Our approach is based on an efficient interoperation of two challenging network types: the opportunistic and the user-provided networks (UPNs). This requires a re-evaluation of the...