In this paper, we examine a multi-period capacity expansion problem for a local access telecommunications network with a tree topology. Capacity expansion is realized through the ...
Michel Gendreau, Jean-Yves Potvin, Ali Smires, Pat...
The pervasive and mobile computing scenario is characterized by the high heterogeneity of devices used to access services, and by frequent changes in the user's context. In t...
Service-level agreements (SLA) definition and monitoring are open issues within the IT Service Management (ITSM) domain. Our main goals are to propose a model-based approach to IT ...
—In this paper, we introduce the personalized Internet protocol television (IPTV) services for new business opportunities in next generation networks (NGN) and present the direct...
Increasingly, network operators do not directly operate computers on their network, yet are responsible for assessing network vulnerabilities to ensure compliance with policies ab...
Genevieve Bartlett, John S. Heidemann, Christos Pa...