Abstract—Intuitively, identification of nodes close to the network edge is key to the successful setup, and continued operation, of many sensor network protocols and application...
The success of supply chains depends on the match between the requirements and offerings that deliver the services. It can be ensured by separating requirements from the means of ...
Utility functions can be used to represent the value users attach to job completion as a function of turnaround time. Most previous scheduling research used simple synthetic repre...
—In this paper, we present an original image quality metric for open-loop transcoding architectures based on frequency selective transmission. The proposed metric computes the no...
Traditional multiparty audio conferencing uses a star-shaped topology where all the clients connect to a central MCU (Multipoint Control Unit). The MCU mixes the signals from the ...