Superprocesses as models for information dissemination in the Future Internet

TL;DR

This paper proposes using super Brownian motion, a type of superprocess, as a mathematical model to analyze and simulate information dissemination in the emerging Proximate Internet, characterized by interconnected devices and services.

Contribution

It introduces super Brownian motion as a novel analytical framework for modeling information spread in large-scale, interconnected networks like the Proximate Internet.

Findings

Provides a theoretical analysis of information dissemination dynamics.

Develops simulation schemes for large-scale systems.

Offers insights into the properties of information spread.

Abstract

Future Internet will be composed by a tremendous number of potentially interconnected people and devices, offering a variety of services, applications and communication opportunities. In particular, short-range wireless communications, which are available on almost all portable devices, will enable the formation of the largest cloud of interconnected, smart computing devices mankind has ever dreamed about: the Proximate Internet. In this paper, we consider superprocesses, more specifically super Brownian motion, as a suitable mathematical model to analyse a basic problem of information dissemination arising in the context of Proximate Internet. The proposed model provides a promising analytical framework to both study theoretical properties related to the information dissemination process and to devise efficient and reliable simulation schemes for very large systems.