PARCelS: Pervasive Ad-hoc Relaying for Cellular Systems

Correlated usage of mobile devices intensifies traffic burstness and poses threat of congestion to current cellular-based wireless infrastructures. Inspired by the idea of integrating a cellular-based infrastructure with ad-hoc relaying, we propose a new architecture for the next-generation wireless networks, termed PARCelS, which utilizes roaming mobile hosts to perform route relaying. PARCelS is cost-effective as it saves the large investment in existent cellular-based infrastructures and does not need dedicated mobile devices. Our evaluations show that PARCelS can balance traffic load, avoid traffic congestion, and reduce latency.