Opportunistic Delay Tolerant Routing for LED Wristbands in Music Events

TL;DR

This paper explores the use of opportunistic delay tolerant network routing protocols, Spray & Focus and PRoPHETv2, for LED wristbands at music events, analyzing their performance under different scenarios and configurations.

Contribution

It evaluates and compares the performance of DTN routing protocols in LED wristband networks for music events, highlighting their suitability under various conditions.

Findings

PRoPHETv2 performs better for longer event durations.

Spray & Focus handles network congestion better in small buffer scenarios.

Spray & Focus has higher delivery probabilities with variable audience density.

Abstract

The existing technology used for LED wristbands does not explore the use of opportunistic delay tolerant network (DTN) routing protocols to disseminate lighting information. This paper multiple trade-offs of different criteria with the protocol (Spray & Focus and PRoPHETv2) changes with varying music event scenario configurations & capacities using the ONE simulator. When considering variable music event durations, it was shown that PRoPHETv2 was more desirable for longer durations however Spray & Focus accounted for network congestion issues that could occur for smaller buffer sizes in the wristbands. When considering variable patterns of audience density, Spray & Focus had higher delivery probabilities whereas PRoPHETv2 had near zero results. Further research can be conducted in incorporating buffer removal management to the protocols as well as experimenting with different congestion targeted DTN protocols.