{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2938528237","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcfall.2018.8690638","title":"Hitchhiker: A Wireless Routing Protocol in a Delay Tolerant Network Using Density-Based Clustering","display_name":"Hitchhiker: A Wireless Routing Protocol in a Delay Tolerant Network Using Density-Based Clustering","publication_year":2018,"publication_date":"2018-08-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2938528237","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcfall.2018.8690638","mag":"2938528237"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/vtcfall.2018.8690638","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcfall.2018.8690638","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2018 IEEE 88th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007350951","display_name":"Sara Melvin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3385-3726"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2802287952","display_name":"Naval Surface Warfare Center","ror":"https://ror.org/03d4ecn10","country_code":"US","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1328969757","https://openalex.org/I1330347796","https://openalex.org/I2802287952","https://openalex.org/I3130687028"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1328969757","display_name":"Naval Sea Systems Command","ror":"https://ror.org/03dm1p143","country_code":"US","type":"funder","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1328969757","https://openalex.org/I1330347796","https://openalex.org/I3130687028"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Sara Melvin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Surface Warfare Center"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Surface Warfare Center","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2802287952","https://openalex.org/I1328969757"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101486409","display_name":"Jonathan S. Lin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0146-4232"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I161318765","display_name":"University of California, Los Angeles","ror":"https://ror.org/046rm7j60","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I161318765"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jonathan Lin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I161318765"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5023400473","display_name":"Seungbae Kim","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5667-3560"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I161318765","display_name":"University of California, Los Angeles","ror":"https://ror.org/046rm7j60","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I161318765"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Seungbae Kim","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I161318765"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5059529956","display_name":"M\u00e1rio Gerla","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I161318765","display_name":"University of California, Los Angeles","ror":"https://ror.org/046rm7j60","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I161318765"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mario Gerla","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I161318765"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5007350951"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1328969757","https://openalex.org/I2802287952"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.3691,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":3,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.67257232,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"5"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11896","display_name":"Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11896","display_name":"Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11478","display_name":"Caching and Content Delivery","score":0.9858999848365784,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11980","display_name":"Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis","score":0.9821000099182129,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3313","display_name":"Transportation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.816419243812561},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.780331015586853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/routing-protocol","display_name":"Routing protocol","score":0.7457954287528992},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/delay-tolerant-networking","display_name":"Delay-tolerant networking","score":0.6675186157226562},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/network-packet","display_name":"Network packet","score":0.49160036444664},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless-routing-protocol","display_name":"Wireless Routing Protocol","score":0.4819062054157257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dissemination","display_name":"Dissemination","score":0.44648033380508423},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cluster-analysis","display_name":"Cluster analysis","score":0.4277316927909851},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/subnetwork","display_name":"Subnetwork","score":0.42284882068634033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/node","display_name":"Node (physics)","score":0.4186931848526001},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/overhead","display_name":"Overhead (engineering)","score":0.4130847454071045},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.17949292063713074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.0917421281337738}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.816419243812561},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.780331015586853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104954878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1648707","display_name":"Routing protocol","level":3,"score":0.7457954287528992},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C53264328","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55320","display_name":"Delay-tolerant networking","level":5,"score":0.6675186157226562},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158379750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214111","display_name":"Network packet","level":2,"score":0.49160036444664},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47318570","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8026863","display_name":"Wireless Routing Protocol","level":4,"score":0.4819062054157257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101780184","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840576","display_name":"Dissemination","level":2,"score":0.44648033380508423},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73555534","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q622825","display_name":"Cluster analysis","level":2,"score":0.4277316927909851},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780186347","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11414","display_name":"Subnetwork","level":2,"score":0.42284882068634033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62611344","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1062658","display_name":"Node (physics)","level":2,"score":0.4186931848526001},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779960059","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7113681","display_name":"Overhead (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.4130847454071045},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.17949292063713074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.0917421281337738},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C66938386","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q633538","display_name":"Structural engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/vtcfall.2018.8690638","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcfall.2018.8690638","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2018 IEEE 88th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":14,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1567583825","https://openalex.org/W1923680614","https://openalex.org/W2000548713","https://openalex.org/W2010634640","https://openalex.org/W2021497904","https://openalex.org/W2111920431","https://openalex.org/W2137774589","https://openalex.org/W2145395604","https://openalex.org/W2160642098","https://openalex.org/W2163973055","https://openalex.org/W2466800459","https://openalex.org/W2612239713","https://openalex.org/W4247105055","https://openalex.org/W6737584891"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2126842185","https://openalex.org/W2011277702","https://openalex.org/W2546592407","https://openalex.org/W265352704","https://openalex.org/W4233083428","https://openalex.org/W1593279778","https://openalex.org/W1888834805","https://openalex.org/W3093717461","https://openalex.org/W2172109346","https://openalex.org/W2544170366"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Delay":[0],"Tolerant":[1],"Network":[2],"(DTN)":[3],"routing":[4,53],"protocols":[5,30],"have":[6,19,25],"been":[7],"studied":[8,26],"by":[9],"many":[10],"researchers":[11,24],"for":[12],"areas":[13],"that":[14,31,56,125],"are":[15],"densely":[16],"populated":[17],"but":[18],"no":[20],"Internet":[21],"access.":[22],"Many":[23],"and":[27,89,114,139],"proposed":[28],"DTN":[29,52,137],"rely":[32],"on":[33],"social":[34,110],"metrics":[35],"such":[36],"as":[37],"individual":[38],"encountering":[39],"frequency":[40],"or":[41],"centrality":[42],"of":[43,60,69,72,131],"a":[44,51,66,77,80,128],"node.":[45],"In":[46],"this":[47],"paper,":[48],"we":[49],"propose":[50],"protocol,":[54],"Hitchhiker,":[55],"utilizes":[57],"the":[58,61,92,95,100,121],"power":[59],"dense":[62],"crowd.":[63],"Hitchhiker":[64,126],"uses":[65],"distributed":[67],"method":[68],"(i)":[70],"self-clustering":[71],"mobile":[73],"nodes,":[74],"(ii)":[75],"disseminating":[76],"packet":[78],"within":[79],"local":[81],"wireless":[82],"subnetwork":[83],"to":[84,94,98,116,134],"find":[85,124],"its":[86],"intended":[87],"destination,":[88],"(iii)":[90],"relaying":[91],"message":[93],"border":[96],"nodes":[97],"reach":[99],"destination.":[101],"We":[102,123],"use":[103],"real":[104],"world":[105],"human":[106],"trace":[107],"from":[108],"two":[109],"media":[111],"platforms,":[112],"Twitter":[113],"Instagram,":[115],"emulate":[117],"people's":[118],"movement":[119],"in":[120],"simulation.":[122],"exhibits":[127],"success":[129],"rate":[130],"delivery":[132],"comparable":[133],"other":[135],"popular":[136],"protocols,":[138],"also":[140],"achieves":[141],"sufficiently":[142],"low":[143],"network":[144],"overhead.":[145]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}