Scale-free application layer implementation for ad hoc networks

Abstract

The groups of people that use a communication network are a part of some kind of social network. In order to be able to simulate the real life usage of communication networks for human information sharing, in this paper a scale-free application layer, based on social networks properties, is proposed. The simulations show that the social interconnection between the network users has a significant influence on the network performances. The results bring forth a different view on the real life deployment of ad hoc networks when compared to the poor performances of the purely randomized scenarios.