METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A DELAY/DISRUPTION-TOLERANT NETWORK NODE AND CONFIGURABLE NODE OPERABLE IN A DELAY/DISRUPTION-TOLERANT NETWORK

• US 20130107754A1
• Filed: 10/26/2011
• Published: 05/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Viagenie
• Original Assignee: Viagenie
• Inventors: Blanchet, Marc, Perreault, Simon, Dionne, Jean-Philippe
• Application Number:
  US13/282,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20130107754A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/255
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/604 Address structures or formats
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5038 for local use, e.g. in LAN or USB networks, or in a controller area network [CAN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5092 by self-assignment, e.g. picking addresses at random and testing if they are already in use

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods for configuring Delay/disruption-Tolerant Network (DTN) nodes and to configurable nodes operable in Delay/disruption-Tolerant Networks. A DTN node generates a unique identifier (UID) and concatenates a static identifier part with the UID to form an endpoint identifier (EID).

Claims

1. A method for configuring a delay/disruption-tolerant network (DTN) node, comprising:

generating a unique identifier (UID); and

concatenating a static identifier part with the UID to form an endpoint identifier (EID).

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the static identifier part is a scheme name designating the DTN node as a DTN-type node.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the UID is a scheme-specific part (SSP).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the UID is a universally unique identifier (UUID).

5. The method of claim 1, comprising:

inserting the EID in a contact header; and

forwarding the contact header towards a peer node.

6. The method of claim 5, comprising:

establishing a transaction control protocol convergence layer (TCPCL) connection with the peer node before forwarding the contact header.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving a first contact header from a first peer node, the first contact header comprising an EID of the first peer node; and

updating a routing table of the DTN node with the EID of the first peer node.

8. The method of claim 7, comprising:

forwarding the first contact header towards a second peer node.

9. The method of claim 7, comprising:

receiving a second contact header from a second peer node, the second contact header comprising an EID of the second peer node; and

updating a routing table of the DTN node with the EID of the second peer node.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

storing the EID in a memory.

11. A node in a delay/disruption-tolerant network (DTN), comprising:

a processor for;

generating a unique identifier (UID), and

concatenating a static identifier part with the UID to form an endpoint identifier (EID) of the node.

12. The node of claim 11, comprising:

a memory for storing the EID.

13. The node of claim 11, comprising:

a communication port for sending and receiving bundles.

14. The node of claim 13, wherein:

the processor is further capable of;

inserting the EID of the node in a bundle, and

instructing the communication port to forward the bundle towards a peer node.

15. The node of claim 13, comprising:

a routing table for storing an EID of a peer node received at the communication port.