Benevolence Behavior-Based Message Forwarding Scheme for Consumer-Centric IoT Opportunistic Networks

Consumer-centric IoT (Internet of Things) opportunistic networks refer to communication networks that prioritize the needs and preferences of end-users or consumers. In the context of IoT, opportunistic networks are characterized by the ability of devices to establish communication links opportunistically based on availability and proximity. These kinds of networks deploy by seed and grow based on the invitation. Because of their different characteristics, routing in Consumer-centric IoT opportunistic networks has become very challenging. Thus, in these conditions, it becomes imperative to use the available resources efficiently. Considering all these issues, this article proposes a novel message forwarding scheme, BeRout, for Consumer-centric IoT opportunistic networks. The proposed scheme is based on the benevolence behavior of nodes. To achieve high delivery ratio in IoT opportunistic network scenarios, BeRout, to node's past behavior and activities. To use buffer space effectively and efficiently, a buffer management scheme has been proposed. To show the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed BeRout scheme simulation is performed on the ONE simulator and results are compared with the existing state-of-the-art routing protocols.