A Game Stochastic Model for Data Dissemination Between Ferries and Cluster Head in Delay Tolerant Networks Routing Hierarchical Topology

Ferries play an important role in data dissemination in delay tolerant networks (DTN). The DTN routing hierarchical topology (DRHT) includes three fundamental concepts: ferries messages, ferries routes and clusters. We use ferries in DRHT to improve network performance. In the DRHT, the intra-cluster routing is managed by the cluster head, while the inter-cluster routing is managed by the ferries messages. In this work, we analyse the behavior of ferries’ problem of data dissemination in the DRHT. More specifically, in order to analyse the inter-cluster communication in the DRHT, we formulate game stochastic which models the behavior of the ferries.