We present a specification for a new, localized group membership service that maintains the membership status of adjacent nodes – called neighbors – in a mobile distributed s...
In service-oriented computing, services are dynamically built as an assembly of pre-existing, independently developed, network accessible services. Hence, predicting as much as pos...
The OSGi Alliance defines an open, modular, and scalable service delivery platform. The DPWS specification standardizes the process of consuming and exposing Web Services in a l...
The integration of the telephone network and the internet enables convergence of voice and data services. The explosion of information appliances also provides new service opportun...
Abstract— We develop an economic model for networks offering tiered services and we formulate the problem of selecting the service tiers from three perspectives: one that conside...