Abstract. The simple model on which the Internet has operated, with all packets treated equally, and charges only for access links to the network, has contributed to its explosive ...
In this paper we discuss the need for resource reservation in the Internet and examine some of the strengths and weaknesses of RSVP, which is currently the most popular of Interne...
Abstract--Packet matching plays a critical role in the performance of many network devices and a tremendous amount of research has already been invested to come up with better opti...
: The development of complex access control architectures raises the problem of their management. In this article, we describe an architecture providing packet filters configuratio...
Small packets constitute a large fraction of packets in the Internet. Gathercast is a network layer service that combines small packets going to the same destination into a bigger...