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PROPOSITIONS

BELONGING TO THE THESIS

OPPORTUNISTIC BEACON NETWORKS

TO BE DEFENDED ON 1 JUNE 2016 BY

OKAN TÜRKEŞ 1. _{Opportunistic networking is both a disruptiontolerant and a disruptive technology. C}HAPTER

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2. _{In opportunistic networking, the lightest protocol is the best protocol.} CHAPTER

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3. _{The design of opportunistic protocols must avoid opportunism at all costs,} that is it must obey ethical principles and must satisfy the participants. CHAPTER

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4. _{Beacons controlled with a routing protocol can bridge} the past and the present as well as the near and the distant. CHAPTER

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5. _{In conventional networks, protocols shape us.} In opportunistic networks, we shape protocols. CHAPTER

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6._{There are no "what if" clauses in processes. That's why simulations are used.} 7. _{Mobile technology restructured capitalism into a monetized socialism.} Capitalism is now more about collectivism rather than individualism.

Individuals are now more involved in sharing things than keeping those for themselves. 8. _{In a culture like ours, accustomed to categorize people according to their type or} level of online participation, Internet is the clash between collectivism and individualism. 9. _{Categorization is always a rude judgement.} 10. _{A leap day can save a four years of endeavor.}