Electronics (May 2021)

A Data Transmission Algorithm Based on Triangle Link Structure Prediction in Opportunistic Social Networks

  • Zhiyuan Fang,
  • Liu Chang,
  • Jingwen Luo,
  • Jia Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10091128
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 9
p. 1128

Abstract

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With the popularization of 5G communications, the scale of social networks has grown rapidly, and the types of messages have become increasingly complex. The rapid increases in the number of access nodes and the amount of data have put a greater burden on the transmission of information in the networks. However, when transferring data from a large number of users, the performance of traditional opportunistic network routing algorithms is insufficient, which often leads to problems such as high energy consumption, network congestion, and data packet loss. The way in which to improve this transmission environment has become a difficult task. Therefore, in order to ensure the effective transmission of data and reduce network congestion, this paper proposed a link prediction model based on triangular relationships in opportunistic social networks (LPMBT). In the topological structure of the social network, the algorithm scores links based on the frequency of use and selects the optimal relay node based on the score. It can also efficiently track the target node and reconstruct the sub-community. The simulation experimental results showed that the algorithm had excellent performance, effectively reduced overhead, reduced the end-to-end delay, and greatly improved the data transfer rate in the opportunistic network.

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