— Wireless multi-hop, mesh networks are being considered as a candidate to backhaul data traffic from access networks to the wired Internet. These mesh networks are referred to a...
This paper investigates scheduling loosely coupled task-bundles in highly heterogeneous distributed systems. Two allocation quality metrics are used in pay-per-service distributed ...
—In MPLS/GMPLS networks, a range of restoration schemes will be required to support different tradeoffs between service interruption time and network resource utilization. In lig...
Guangzhi Li, Dongmei Wang, Charles R. Kalmanek, Ro...
This paper addresses support for nzulti-party multimedia applications delivered across datagram wide-area networks such as the Internet. Our approach is to develop a novel retrans...
Matthew T. Lucas, Bert J. Dempsey, Alfred C. Weave...
— The use of directional antennae in ad hoc networks has received growing attention in recent years. However, most existing directional MAC protocols assume interchangeable direc...