In this paper we explore the current network environment with respect to how the network’s evolution ultimately impacts end-to-end protocols. The traditional end-to-end assumpti...
Understanding the performance of the Internet's Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is important because it is the dominant protocol used in the Internet today. Various testi...
Peer-to-peer (P2P) technology has been successfully applied in Internet telephony or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), such as the Skype system, where P2P is used for both sear...
Abstract— Business processes involve interactions among autonomous partners. We propose that these interactions be specified modularly as protocols. Protocols can be published, ...