This paper surveys the characteristics of multimedia systems. Multimedia applications today are dominated by compression and decompression, but multimedia devices must also implem...
In a small network, clients and servers may all be connected to a single Ethernet without significant performance concerns. As the number of clients on a network grows, the necess...
—Peer-to-peer file sharing applications became very popular, being responsible for a large percentage of the network traffic. However, peer-to-peer traffic may compromise the per...
This paper presents a framework for the pervasive sharing of data using wireless networks. ‘FarCry’ uses the mobility of users to carry files between separated networks. Throu...
Paul Tennent, Malcolm Hall, Barry Brown, Matthew C...
Smartphones, tablets and other mobile platforms typically accommodate bulk data storage with low-cost, FAT-formatted Secure Digital cards. When one uses a mobile device to run a f...
Harvey Tuch, Cyprien Laplace, Kenneth C. Barr, Bi ...