Proposal for DTN routing using helping behavior

A DTN is a type of network that enables mobile terminals to communicate in poor-communication situations and to admit communication with long delay times. In these situations, it is important that each individual communicates only the information that is needed. In a previous study, we proposed a routing method, based on a model for the emergence of money, that spread information efficiently using multi-agent simulation[12]. The purpose of this study is to improve the exchange efficiency by improving the routing method. Also, we aim to make further improvements in efficiency by adding a new social rule called ‘helping behavior.’ The direct propagation of information using the proposed method was found to be better than that in the previous study.