IEEE 802.11 medium access control (MAC) employs the distributed coordination function (DCF) as the fundamental medium access function. DCF operates with binary exponential backoff...
Abstract— Policy based networks provide high levels of flexibility by allowing definition of packet handling rules within a network, resource allocation strategies, network man...
Sethuram Balaji Kodeswaran, Olga Ratsimor, Anupam ...
Traditional Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks do not provide service differentiation and incentive for users. Consequently, users can easily access information without contributing any ...
Richard T. B. Ma, Sam C. M. Lee, John C. S. Lui, D...
In many distributed computing paradigms, especially sensor networks and ubiquitous computing but also grid computing and web services, programmers commonly tie their application to...
Jonathan J. Davies, Alastair R. Beresford, Alan My...
Wireless LANs with their increased data rate become an attractive technology for connecting mobile users to the Internet. Efficient deployment of wireless LANs will require the ab...