Data reduction has long been a method for adaptation to limited computational and network resources. But one major concern is the tradeoff between preserving visual quality and re...
Abstract— In WiFi networks, mobile nodes compete for accessing a shared channel by means of a random access protocol called Distributed Coordination Function (DCF). Although this...
—Utilizing the skewed popularity distribution in P2P systems, common in Gnutella and KazaA like P2P applications, we propose an optimal resource (replica or link) placement strat...
Weixiong Rao, Lei Chen 0002, Ada Wai-Chee Fu, Guor...
Abstract. The trend towards cloud and utility computing infrastructures raises challenges not only for application development, but also for management: diverse resources, changing...
The characterising new requirement for distributed multimedia applications is the coexistence of dynamic real-time and non-real-time applications on hosts and networks. While some...