A key issue in utility computing environments, such as utility Grids, is the provisioning, orchestration and allocation of resources to services. In these environments, providers ...
To support QoS guarantee and resource usage in heterogeneous access network environments more efficiently (UMTS, WIMAX, WLAN DVB-T, DVB-H), there is the challenge of automated con...
We present a Java library for mobile phones which tracks and controls at runtime the use of potentially costly resources, such as premium rate text messages. This improves on the ...
Sender anonymity in location-based services (LBS) attempts to hide the identity of a mobile device user who sends requests to the LBS provider for services in her proximity (e.g. &...
Alin Deutsch, Richard Hull, Avinash Vyas, Kevin Ke...
Abstract—In the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing market, spot instances refer to virtual servers that are rented via an auction. Spot instances allow IaaS provi...