Towards an adaptive communication framework for smart devices

Abstract

With the technological advancements we experience now-a-days, people have become more concerned about their social connections even when communication infrastructure such as cellular and Wi-Fi networks are not available. Previous attempts towards solving this issue have focused on specific use-cases such as disaster recovery applications or chat applications. We have identified the need for a framework which enables infrastructure-less communication and which can be reused in different use-cases. Therefore, we have designed and implemented the Meshify framework which enables smooth interaction among devices when there is no communication infrastructure available. Meshify takes into consideration efficient neighbor discovery as well as multi-hop routing and provides features such as private messages and broadcast messages. Finally, a prototype application MeshifyChat is developed based on Meshify framework, which enables real-time chats among people in proximity to support their social interactions independent of the existing communication infrastructure.