In discrete event systems, a given task can start executing when all the required input data are available. The required input data for a given task may change along the evolution...
—Network calculus is a recently developed theory dealing with queuing systems found in computer networks with focus on service guarantee analysis. In the current network calculus...
Reliable Server Pooling (RSerPool) is a protocol framework for server redundancy and session failover, currently still under standardization by the IETF RSerPool WG. Server redund...
Contemporary datacenters house tens of thousands of servers. The servers are closely monitored for operating conditions and utilizations by collecting their performance data (e.g....
Abstract— The study of protocol behavior and traffic characteristics in a simulated environment is commonly supported by ad-hoc or general purpose simulators (e.g., Opnet, NS-2)...