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TPDS
2008
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Distributed Localization Using a Moving Beacon in Wireless Sensor Networks
The localization of sensor nodes is a fundamental problem in sensor networks and can be implemented using powerful and expensive beacons. Beacons, the fewer the better, can acquire...
Bin Xiao, Hekang Chen, Shuigeng Zhou
TPDS
2008
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An Adaptive GTS Allocation Scheme for IEEE 802.15.4
IEEE 802.15.4 is a new standard uniquely designed for low-rate wireless personal area networks. It targets ultralow complexity, cost, and power for low-rate wireless connectivity a...
Yu-Kai Huang, Ai-Chun Pang, Hui-Nien Hung
TPDS
2008
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Centralized versus Distributed Schedulers for Bag-of-Tasks Applications
Multiple applications that execute concurrently on heterogeneous platforms compete for CPU and network resources. In this paper, we consider the problem of scheduling applications ...
Olivier Beaumont, Larry Carter, Jeanne Ferrante, A...
TPDS
2008
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NRMI: Natural and Efficient Middleware
We present NRMI: a drop-in replacement for Java RMI that supports call-by-copy-restore semantics for arbitrary linked data structures, in addition to regular call-by-copy semantic...
Eli Tilevich, Yannis Smaragdakis
TPDS
2008
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Reducing Queue Oscillation at a Congested Link
Queue length oscillation at a congested link causes many undesirable properties such as large delay jitter, underutilization of the link and packet drops in burst. The main reason ...
Jong-Hwan Kim, Ikjun Yeom
TPDS
2008
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A New Storage Scheme for Approximate Location Queries in Object-Tracking Sensor Networks
Energy efficiency is one of the most critical issues in the design of wireless sensor networks. Observing that many sensor applications for object tracking can tolerate a certain d...
Jianliang Xu, Xueyan Tang, Wang-Chien Lee
TPDS
2008
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Max-Min Fair Scheduling in Input-Queued Switches
Fairness in traffic management can improve the isolation between traffic streams, offer a more predictable performance, eliminate transient bottlenecks, mitigate the effect of cer...
Madhusudan Hosaagrahara, Harish Sethu
TPDS
2008
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Control-Based Adaptive Middleware for Real-Time Image Transmission over Bandwidth-Constrained Networks
Real-time image transmission is crucial to an emerging class of distributed embedded systems operating in open network environments. Examples include avionics mission replanning ov...
Xiaorui Wang, Ming Chen, Huang-Ming Huang, Venkita...
TPDS
2008
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The Server Reassignment Problem for Load Balancing in Structured P2P Systems
Application-layer peer-to-peer (P2P) networks are considered to be the most important development for next-generation Internet infrastructure. For these systems to be effective, lo...
Chyouhwa Chen, Kun-Cheng Tsai
TPDS
2008
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A Dynamic Skip List-Based Overlay for On-Demand Media Streaming with VCR Interactions
Media distribution through application-layer overlay networks has received considerable attention recently, owing to its flexible and readily deployable nature. On-demand streaming...
Dan Wang, Jiangchuan Liu