Previous scalable protocols for downloading large, popular files from a single server include batching and cyclic multicast. With batching, clients wait to begin receiving a reque...
The growing reliance of networked applications on timely and reliable data transfer requires the underlying networking infrastructure to provide adequate services even in the pres...
This paper presents a multicast approach to shared virtual worlds. A shared VRML world is described with integrated spatial audio in a freeware VRML browser. An implementation in ...
John L. Robinson, John A. Stewart, Isabelle Labb&e...
Secure group communication protocols have been designed to meet needs such as secure management of group membership, confidential group communication, and access control. New lan...
Database systems for real-time applications must satisfy timing constraints associated with transactions. Typically, a timing constraint is expressed in the form of a deadline and ...