Abstract. New generation network services must be deployed and managed according to the specific customer requirements. In this context, service providers must devise a way to des...
On-the-go consumers require dynamic information, particularly "word of mouth," to make better purchase decisions. A popular genre of mobile map services is travel/cuisin...
Advances in packaging and interface technologies have made it possible for software components to be shared across the network through encapsulation and offered as network service...
The phenomenal growth of group communications and QoS-aware applications over the Internet have accelerated the development of multicasting technologies. The Core-Based Tree (CBT) ...