Advances in Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs)

Joel J.P.C. Rodrigues is affiliated with the Federal University of Piauí and serves as Leader of the Center for Intelligence at Fecomércio/CE, Brazil. He is a Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate) and ranked no. 1 among computer science researchers in Brazil by Research.com. He is also the leader of the Next Generation Networks and Applications (NetGNA) research group (CNPq), a Member Representative of the IEEE Communications Society on the IEEE Biometrics Council, and President of the Scientific Council at ParkUrbis – Covilhã Science and Technology Park. Prof. Rodrigues has held several leadership roles within IEEE, including Director for Conference Development on the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) Board of Governors, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Technical Activities Committee Chair for the IEEE ComSoc Latin America Region, and Past Chair of the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committees on eHealth and Communications Software. He has also served as a Steering Committee member of the IEEE Life Sciences Technical Community and as Publications Co-Chair. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications and serves on the editorial boards of several high-impact journals, primarily within IEEE. He has acted as General Chair and Technical Program Committee (TPC) Chair for numerous international conferences, including IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE HEALTHCOM, and IEEE LatinCom. A very prolific author, he has received multiple Outstanding Leadership and Outstanding Service Awards from the IEEE Communications Society, along with several best paper awards. He is a member of the Internet Society, a Senior Member of ACM, and a Fellow of AAIA and IEEE.

• 1. An introduction to delay and disruption tolerant networks (DTNs)Part One - Types of delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)2. Delay-tolerant networks (DTNs) for satellite communications3. Delay-tolerant networks (DTNs) for deep-space communications4. Vehicular delay-tolerant networks5. Delay-tolerant networks (DTNs) for underwater communications6. Delay-tolerant networks (DTNs) for emergency communications7. Environment friendly green data broadcasting in delay-tolerant opportunistic networksPart Two - Improving the performance of delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)8. Assessing the Bundle Protocol (BP) and alternative approaches to data bundling in delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)9. Opportunistic routing in mobile ad hoc delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)10. Reliable data streaming over delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)11. Rapid selection and dissemination of urgent messages over delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)12. Using social network analysis (SNA) to design socially aware network solutions in delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)13. Performance issues and design choices in delay-tolerant network (DTN) algorithms and protocols14. Using emulation to validate applications on opportunistic Networks15. The quest for a killer app for delay-tolerant networks (DTNs)