Social mobility models realism versus real traces

Mobile models aim to mimic human motion. Real traces aim at the same target. However, the latters are specific. They relate to a country or a region or smaller geographical places. Also, they cover at most few months of duration. In cons, Mobility models approach is more general in space and time fo...

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Main Authors: Costantini, H., Boumerdassi, S.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Ant Colony Systems
Data models
Humans
Manhattan
Mobile communication
Mobile computing
Mobility Models
Opnet Modeler
Real Traces
Routing protocols
Social Networks
Throughput
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Summary:Mobile models aim to mimic human motion. Real traces aim at the same target. However, the latters are specific. They relate to a country or a region or smaller geographical places. Also, they cover at most few months of duration. In cons, Mobility models approach is more general in space and time for taking advantage of Social Theory. Mobile models are used in mobile networks routing protocols for testing purpose. To enhance random and pseudo-random mobility models, user social behavior has been introduced. Global results have already been published which demonstrates the realism of such models versus random and pseudo-random ones. In this paper, more in depth results which demonstrate with surprising deviations how far are random and pseudo-random mobility models from realistic motions, are given. By the way, we assess that taking into account social behaviors borrowed from Social Theory are more general and timeless, i.e. to our sense more realistic than real traces analysis.
ISSN:1525-3511
1558-2612
DOI:10.1109/WCNC.2012.6214085