PE
2006
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
2006
Springer
Existing wireless networks usually provide multiple data transmission rates. This paper presents a simulation study on the performance of multiple-rate mobile ad hoc networks (MAN...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
2006
Springer
This paper presents an efficient solution technique for the steady-state analysis of the second-order Stochastic Fluid Model underlying a second-order Fluid Stochastic Petri Net (...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
2006
Springer
In this paper, we consider the problem of devising a loop scheduler that allocates slots to users according to their relative weights as smoothly as possible. Instead of the exist...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
2006
Springer
-- We present a new class of finite queues in cyclic networks with production blocking. We show that with a threshold property related to the number of customers in the network, th...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
2006
Springer
Approximating general distributions by phase-type (PH) distributions is a popular technique in stochastic analysis, since the Markovian property of PH distributions often allows a...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
2006
Springer
Quality of Service (QoS) in terms of end-to-end delay guarantees to real-time applications is an important issue in emerging broadband packet networks. Earliest Deadline First (ED...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
2006
Springer
In a multi-level cache such as those used for web caching, a hit at level l leads to the caching of the requested object in all intermediate caches on the reverse path (levels l -...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
2006
Springer
In this paper, the manufacturing blocking system (MBS) is studied from the Network Calculus (NetCal) perspective. By dominating an MBS by a window flow controller (WFC), we obtain...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
2006
Springer
We consider a time-slotted queueing model where each time slot can either be an arrival slot, in which new packets arrive, or a departure slot, in which packets are transmitted an...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
2006
Springer
We ask the question, "for minimizing mean response time (sojourn time), which is preferable: one fast server of speed 1, or k slow servers each of speed 1/k?" Our settin...