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2007
Springer
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Scheduling in polling systems
We present a simple mean value analysis (MVA) framework for analyzing the effect of scheduling within queues in classical asymmetric polling systems with gated or exhaustive serv...
Adam Wierman, Erik M. M. Winands, Onno J. Boxma
PE
2007
Springer
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On processor sharing and its applications to cellular data network provisioning
To develop simple traffic engineering rules for the downlink of a cellular system using Proportional Fairness (PF) scheduling, we study the “strict” and “approximate” ins...
Yujing Wu, Carey L. Williamson, Jingxiang Luo
PE
2007
Springer
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Performance impacts of autocorrelated flows in multi-tiered systems
Ningfang Mi, Qi Zhang, Alma Riska, Evgenia Smirni,...
PE
2007
Springer
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Stochastic analysis of file-swarming systems
File swarming (or file sharing) is one of the most important applications in P2P networks. In this paper, we propose a stochastic framework to analyze a file swarming system und...
Minghong Lin, Bin Fan, John C. S. Lui, Dah-Ming Ch...
PE
2007
Springer
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Delay and resource analysis in MANETs in presence of throwboxes
This paper addresses the delay analysis and resource consumption in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) equipped with throwboxes. Throwboxes are stationary, wireless devices that act ...
Mouhamad Ibrahim, Ahmad Al Hanbali, Philippe Nain
PE
2007
Springer
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Analysis and simulation of a content delivery application for vehicular wireless networks
We propose and analyze an information-sharing application for wireless intervehicular networks, called Infoshare. Infoshare leverages the broadcast nature of the wireless medium t...
Marco Fiore, Claudio Casetti, Carla-Fabiana Chiass...
PE
2007
Springer
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Performability analysis of clustered systems with rejuvenation under varying workload
This paper develops time-based rejuvenation policies to improve the performability measures of a cluster system. Three rejuvenation policies, namely standard rejuvenation, delayed...
Dazhi Wang, Wei Xie, Kishor S. Trivedi
PE
2007
Springer
87views Optimization» more  PE 2007»
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Understanding the simulation of mobility models with Palm calculus
The simulation of mobility models such as the random waypoint often cause subtle problems, for example the decay of average speed as the simulation progresses, a difference betwee...
Jean-Yves Le Boudec
PE
2007
Springer
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An empirical study of reliable multicast protocols over Ethernet-connected networks
Recent advances in multicasting over the Internet present new opportunities for improving communication performance in clusters of workstations. The standard IP multicast, however...
Ryan G. Lane, Scott Daniels, Xin Yuan