Opportunistic Networks

Ganesh Chandra Deka: Ganesh Chandra Deka is the Deputy Director(Training)in Directorate General of Training, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (formerly DGE&T, Ministry of Labor & Employment), Government of India. He is a member of the IEEE and IETE, an associate member of the Institution of Engineers (India), and the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Computing, Communications, and Networking. His research interests include information and communications technology (ICT) in rural development, e-governance, cloud computing, data mining, NoSQL databases, and vocational education and training. He has edited three books on cloud computing and published more than 40 research papers. He earned a PhD in computer science from Ballsbridge University.　Dr. Khaleel Ahmad is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science & Information Technology at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad. Prior to this he has worked at prestigious universities and institutions of national repute. He holds a PhD in Computer Science & Engineering and M.Tech in Information Security. His research area is Opportunistic Network, Cyber Security, Cryptography, Cloud Computing. He has over 30 published papers in refereed National/International Journals & Conferences (viz. Elsevier, ACM, IEEE, and Springer), 10 book chapters (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, IGI Global, IGNOU New Delhi). Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nur Izura Udzir is an academic staff at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) since 1998. She received her Bachelor of Computer Science (1995) and Master of Science (1998) from UPM, and her PhD in Computer Science from the University of York, UK (2006). Her areas of specialization are access control, intrusion detection systems, secure operating systems, coordination models and languages, and distributed systems. She is currently the Head of Department of Computer Science and a member of the Information Security Group (which she led in 2008-2013) at the faculty.

• PrefaceEditorsContributors1 Foundations of Opportunistic NetworksMusaeed Abouaroek and Khaleel Ahmad2 Opportunistic Resource Utilization Networks and Related TechnologiesMai A. Alduailij and Leszek T. Lilien3 Buffer Management in Delay-Tolerant NetworksSweta Jain4 Taxonomy of Mobility ModelsJyotsna Verma5 Taxonomy of Routing Protocols for Opportunistic NetworksKhaleel Ahmad, Muneera Fathima, and Khairol Amali bin Ahmad6 Congestion-Aware Adaptive Routing for Opportunistic NetworksThabotharan Kathiravelu and Nalin Ranasinghe7 Vehicular Ad Hoc NetworksSara Najafzadeh8 Energy Management in OppNetsItu Snigdh and K. Sridhar Patnaik9 Network Coding SchemesAmit Singh10 Taxonomy of Security Attacks in Opportunistic NetworksGabriel de Biasi and Luiz F. M. Vieira11 Pervasive Trust Foundation for Security and Privacy in Opportunistic Resource Utilization NetworksAhmed Al-Gburi, Abduljaleel Al-Hasnawi, Raed Mahdi Salih, and Leszek T. Lilien12 Future Networks Inspired by Opportunistic NetworksAnshul Verma, Mahatim Singh, K. K. Pattanaik, and B. K. Singh13 Time and Data-Driven Triggering to Emulate Cross-Layer Feedback in Opportunistic NetworksRintu Nath14 Applications of DTNRahul Johari, Prachi Garg, Riya Bhatia, Kalpana Gupta, and Afreen Fatimah15 Performance Evaluation of Social-Aware Routing Protocols in an Opportunistic NetworkMakshudur Rahman and Md. Sharif Hossen16 Hands-On ONE Simulator: Opportunistic Network EnvironmentAnshuman Chhabra, Vidushi Vashishth, and Deepak Kumar SharmaIndex

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