— Service discovery is an integral part of the ad hoc networking to achieve stand-alone and self-configurable communication networks. In this paper, we discuss possible service ...
—Multicasting has not been widely adopted until now, due to lack of access control over the group members. The Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) protocols are be...
In utility computing environments, multiple users and applications are served from the same r esource pool. To maintain service level objectives and maintain high levels of utiliza...
Cipriano A. Santos, Akhil Sahai, Xiaoyun Zhu, Dirk...
One of the challenges the service providers currently face is the ability to introduce a variety of services at a minimal cost and impact to their customers. These services often ...
This paper proposes a real options framework for evaluating architectural choices and the economic value of these alternative choices of networks, protocols, and services. Using p...