Building dependable distributed systems using ad hoc methods is a challenging task. Without proper support, an application programmer must face the daunting requirement of having ...
Jennifer Ren, Michel Cukier, Paul Rubel, William H...
Peer-to-Peer architecture is currently an attractive solution for facilitating the use of collaboration software without any server. Multicasting is usually proposed for group com...
—The FRIENDS system developed at LAAS-CNRS is a metalevel architecture providing libraries of metaobjects for fault tolerance, secure communication, and group-based distributed a...
This paper introduces large scale content distribution protocols, which are capable of scaling to massive numbers of users and providing low delay end-to-end delivery. Delivery of...
The X-Bone dynamically deploys and manages Internet overlays to reduce con®guration eort and increase network component sharing. The X-Bone discovers, con®gures, and monitors ...