IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/phsmap/v490y2018icp524-532.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Information transmission on hybrid networks

Author

Listed:
  • Chen, Rongbin
  • Cui, Wei
  • Pu, Cunlai
  • Li, Jie
  • Ji, Bo
  • Gakis, Konstantinos
  • Pardalos, Panos M.

Abstract

Many real-world communication networks often have hybrid nature with both fixed nodes and moving modes, such as the mobile phone networks mainly composed of fixed base stations and mobile phones. In this paper, we discuss the information transmission process on the hybrid networks with both fixed and mobile nodes. The fixed nodes (base stations) are connected as a spatial lattice on the plane forming the information-carrying backbone, while the mobile nodes (users), which are the sources and destinations of information packets, connect to their current nearest fixed nodes respectively to deliver and receive information packets. We observe the phase transition of traffic load in the hybrid network when the packet generation rate goes from below and then above a critical value, which measures the network capacity of packets delivery. We obtain the optimal speed of moving nodes leading to the maximum network capacity. We further improve the network capacity by rewiring the fixed nodes and by considering the current load of fixed nodes during packets transmission. Our purpose is to optimize the network capacity of hybrid networks from the perspective of network science, and provide some insights for the construction of future communication infrastructures.

Suggested Citation

  • Chen, Rongbin & Cui, Wei & Pu, Cunlai & Li, Jie & Ji, Bo & Gakis, Konstantinos & Pardalos, Panos M., 2018. "Information transmission on hybrid networks," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 490(C), pages 524-532.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:490:y:2018:i:c:p:524-532
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2017.08.098
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037843711730821X
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only. Journal offers the option of making the article available online on Science direct for a fee of $3,000
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.physa.2017.08.098?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:490:y:2018:i:c:p:524-532. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/physica-a-statistical-mechpplications/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.