Analysis on evolution and topological features of a real mobile social network

  • Qichao Xu
  • , Zhou Su
  • , Dongfeng Fang
  • , Bo Han

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Abstract

With the development of mobile devices, especially the emergence of smart phones, the mobile social networks (MSNs) have emerged to provide a variety of mechanisms for users to share their content. However, because the number of the mobile users still keeps growing rapidly, the MSNs become more complex than before and the features including evolution and topology need to be studied for communication system optimization. Therefore, in this paper, a great deal of data on social interactions among mobile users are collected to reveal the evolution and topological features of the MSNs. Firstly, the evolution feature of the MSN with the time is detailedly studied. Then, the statistical features of MSN including degree distribution, node distance, node closeness, and betweenness are analyzed. From the results of the analysis on the evolution features, we find that the MSN will become complex over time. In addition, the analysis of the topological properties shows that the MSN is a typical scale-free network and has strong small-world features.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2014 10th International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks, MSN 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages251-256
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479973941
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Feb 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event10th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks, MSN 2014 - Maui, United States
Duration: 19 Dec 201421 Dec 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2014 10th International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks, MSN 2014

Conference

Conference10th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks, MSN 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMaui
Period19/12/1421/12/14

Keywords

  • Evolution features
  • Mobile social networks (MSNs)
  • Topological proporties

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