Improving Reliability of Human Trafficking Alerts in Airports

TL;DR

This study evaluates the performance of two delay tolerant network protocols, Spray and Wait and Epidemic, in improving the reliability of emergency alerts for human trafficking in airport scenarios using simulations.

Contribution

It applies existing DTN protocols to airport emergency alert scenarios and analyzes their effectiveness, highlighting potential improvements for combating human trafficking.

Findings

Spray and Wait protocol shows higher delivery ratio.

Epidemic protocol achieves lower latency.

Both protocols have limitations in real-world deployment.

Abstract

This paper investigates the latter scenario of individual emergency alerts in airports by applying two existing benchmark delay tolerant network protocols and evaluating their performance of delivery ratio and latency. First, the paper provides a background on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) and Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs), as well as Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) as a subset of MANETs. Next, the scenario is simulated using the Opportunistic Network Environment (ONE) simulator and runs the DTN protocols applying Spray and Wait and Epidemic. The study discusses the results, highlighting the advantages and limitations of each protocol within the scenario and addressing constraints of the simulation or experimental setup. A wider discussion then considers related research on technologies that combat human trafficking and the potential role of DTN networks in improving this global issue for the better.