UMTS networks will be based on the Internet Protocol (IP) to provide an efficient support for applications with bursty traffic characteristics, e.g., WWW browsers. Such IP-based n...
Storage virtualization in modern storage systems allows variability in the number of "physical" disks supporting a single "virtual" disk. In practice, IO workl...
Lin Qiao, Balakrishna R. Iyer, Divyakant Agrawal, ...
A new class of applications can now be envisaged with the emergence of both mobile ad hoc computing and ubiquitous computing. Applications of such kind are characterised by being ...
Hector A. Duran-Limon, Gordon S. Blair, Adrian Fri...
Despite its obvious suitability for distributed multimedia applications, multicasting has not yet found widespread application. Having analyzed shortcomings of today's approac...
Michel Diaz, Roberto Canonico, Luis Costa, Serge F...
Next-generation network (NGN) is a new concept and becoming more and more important for future telecommunication networks. This paper illustrates five function layers of NGN archit...