Prefetching has been shown to be an effective technique for reducing resource cost and delay in heterogeneous wireless networks. However, in modern wireless local area networks, th...
— In autonomous mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) where each user is its own authority, fully cooperative behaviors, such as unconditionally forwarding packets for each other or, ho...
We propose a microeconomic approach to service provisioning in ATM networks. Our provisioning procedure consists of two algorithms, one executed by the network and the other by in...
Abstract— Network service providers contract with network owners for connection rights, then offer individual users network access at a price. Within this hierarchy, the service ...
Finding the right pricing for music downloads is of ample importance to the recording industry and music download service providers. For the recently introduced music downloads, re...