Vint Cerf Plugs Android Into Interplanetary Net 69
Several readers sent in an update on DTN, the interplanetary Internet protocol that Vint Cerf has been working on for many years (and we have been discussing for nearly as long). The news now is that Cerf has added a DTN stack to the open source Android code, seeing uses in mobile applications for a protocol that does not assume a continuous connection.
Packet radio? (Score:5, Interesting)
If it works well with a potentially poor channel, maybe it would be suitable for improving packet radio systems. Remember that article a week or two back about what would happen if "the Government" shut off the Internet? Go get those amateur radio licences, folks...
Re:Vint Cerf Got the Ill Communication (Score:3, Interesting)
Since when does ping measure distance?
http://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html