Pocket Bluff : A cooperation enforcing scheduled pocket switching protocol

We propose Pocket Bluff; a novel pocket switched message forwarding protocol that can foil selfish/malicious nodes that deliberately drop data. Pocket Bluff hides the path of a message from intermediary nodes. It employs hook and snake shaped paths so that an intermediary node can `also' be the final destination of a message. By deliberately dropping a message, a selfish/malicious intermediary node risks loosing incoming data. We detail the Pocket Bluff protocol, and its design rational step-by-step.

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Source https://inria.hal.science/inria-00070344
Author Mutaf, Pars
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 16, 2026, 08:14 (UTC)
Created May 16, 2026, 08:14 (UTC)
Identifier Report N°: RR-5664
Language en
Rights https://about.hal.science/hal-authorisation-v1/
contributor Protocols and applications for the Internet (PLANETE) ; Centre Inria de l'Université Grenoble Alpes ; Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Centre Inria d'Université Côte d'Azur ; Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)
creator Mutaf, Pars
date 2005-05-16T00:00:00
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