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Delay Tolerant Networks (DTNs) are a class of networks that make communication in stressed and challenging environments possible. DTN is characterized with a number of unique features by virtue of which a working environment is achieved in situations where traditional networking paradigms fail to deliver satisfactorily or entirely. The utility of multicasting in DTNs extends to numerous potential DTN applications i.e., crisis environments, battlefield situations, deep space communications, dynamic data size management, etc. In this paper, we propose taxonomy for the different multicast routing strategies and thereafter, we present a comprehensive up to date survey of these strategies. Further, we perform a qualitative comparison between the different multicast strategies with respect to important performance issues in DTN. We also highlight some unexplored areas in DTN multicasting that could inspire research in the near future.
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Patra, S., Saha, S., Shah, V., Sengupta, S., Singh, K.G., Nandi, S. (2011). A Qualitative Survey on Multicast Routing in Delay Tolerant Networks. In: Özcan, A., Zizka, J., Nagamalai, D. (eds) Recent Trends in Wireless and Mobile Networks. CoNeCo WiMo 2011 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 162. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21937-5_18
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