As most computer systems are expected to remain operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, they must complete maintenance work while in operation. This work is in addition to the ...
Qi Zhang, Ningfang Mi, Evgenia Smirni, Alma Riska,...
Embedded systems for closed-loop applications often behave as discrete-time semi-Markov processes (DTSMPs). Performability measures most meaningful to iterative embedded systems, ...
Due to hidden terminals and a dynamic topology, contention among stations in an ad-hoc network is not homogeneous. Some stations are at a disadvantage in opportunity of access to ...
Switching fabrics with distributed control for scalable routers have been proposed recently [7]. Such a fabric consists of small routing units (RU’s) interconnected by multistag...
WTLS (Wireless Transport Layer Security) is an important standard protocol for secure wireless access to Internet services. WTLS employs public-key cryptosystems during the handsh...