Abstract. Utility computing offers researchers and businesses the potential of significant cost-savings in that it is possible for them to match the cost of their computing and s...
Terence J. Harmer, Peter Wright, Christina Cunning...
Consumers of resources in realistic applications (e.g., web, multimedia) typically derive diminishing-return utilities from the amount of resource they receive. A resource provide...
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) feature notable characteristics in structure and traffic patterns that allow for efficient resource allocation. A strategy that exploits the underl...
Satish Raghunath, Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, K. K. Ra...
— It is widely recognized that the next-generation wireless networks will integrate heterogeneous wireless technologies. The complementary characteristics of cellular networks an...
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing offers new possibilities to scientific communities. One of the most significant is the ability to elastically provision and relin...