Abstract-Dynamic routing protocols such as RIP and OSPF essentially implement distributed algorithms for solving the Shortest Paths Problem. The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is cu...
Timothy Griffin, F. Bruce Shepherd, Gordon T. Wilf...
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) provide customers with predictable and secure network connections over a shared network. The recently proposed hose model for VPNs allows for great...
Amit Kumar, Rajeev Rastogi, Abraham Silberschatz, ...
The notion of timeout (namely, the maximal time to wait before retrying an action) turns up in many networking contexts, such as packet transmission, connection establishment, etc....
Packet delay greatly influences the overall performance of network applications. It is therefore important to identify causes and location of delay performance degradation within ...
Francesco Lo Presti, Nick G. Duffield, Joseph Horo...
We consider a communication network with fixed routing that can accommodate multiple service classes, differing in bandwidth requirements, demand pattern, call duration, and routin...