In a recent work, we have shown that it is not possible to dependably build any type of distributed f fault or intrusiontolerant system under the asynchronous model. This result f...
Paulo Sousa, Nuno Ferreira Neves, Paulo Verí...
An Operational Information System (OIS) supports a real-time view of an organization’s information critical to its logistical business operations. A central component of an OIS ...
Optimistic synchronization allows concurrent execution of critical sections while performing dynamic conflict detection and recovery. Optimistic synchronization will increase perf...
Abstract — Since sensor/actuator networks are to be used in error-prone environments, it is required that media access protocols for such networks are tolerant to failures. Field...
Power line communications (PLC) using impulse ultra wideband (UWB) in a microprocessor had been proposed for ubiquitous access of internal nodes for test/debug purposes. In this p...