— Many distributed multiple access (MAC) protocols use an exponential backoff mechanism. In that mechanism, a node picks a random backoff time uniformly in an interval that doubl...
The increasing complexity of configurable software systems creates a need for more intelligent sampling mechanisms to detect and locate failure-inducing dependencies between confi...
Adam A. Porter, Myra B. Cohen, Sandro Fouché...
Fault tolerance is a major concern to guarantee availability of critical services as well as application execution. Traditional approaches for fault tolerance include checkpoint/r...
Abstract—Distributed spectrum sensing (DSS) enables a Cognitive Radio (CR) network to reliably detect licensed users and avoid causing interference to licensed communications. Th...
Abstract: In the next generation optical internet, GMPLSbased IP-over-optical networks, ISPs will be required to support a wide variety of applications each having their own requir...
David Harle, Saud Albarrak, Fuead Ali, Anna Urra, ...