Abstract-- The capabilities of embedded devices such as smartphones are steadily increasing and provide the great flexibility of data access and collaboration while being mobile. F...
In this paper, bandwidth allocation, in terms of distributing available data slots among different users, is studied for QoS provisioning in IEEE 802.16 networks. By considering th...
We address the issues of semantics and conversations for agent communication languages and the Knowledge Query Manipulation Language (KQML) in particular. Based on ideas from spee...
Both Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) and Peer-toPeer (P2P) Networks are decentralized and self-organizing networks with dynamic topology and responsible for routing queries in a d...
Leonardo B. Oliveira, Isabela G. Siqueira, Daniel ...
Three collision-avoidance protocols are analyzed that use omni-directional packet reception together with omnidirectional transmissions, directional transmissions, or a combinatio...