Since the early days of networks, a basic principle has been that endpoints treat the network as a black box. An endpoint injects a packet with a destination address and the netwo...
Paolo Costa, Thomas Zahn, Antony I. T. Rowstron, G...
This paper provides a performance evaluation of the TETRAPOL random access protocol. The results are based on a Markovian model which is also presented. The Markovian model is use...
Dynamic module replacement — the ability to hot swap a component’s implementation at runtime — is fundamental to supporting evolutionary change in long-lived and highlyavail...
Exploiting directional antenna technology in wireless networks has become an attractive option because of the potential capacity increase through spatial reuse. Such development a...
An important factor in the successful deployment of federated web-services-based business activities will be the ability to guarantee reliable distributed operation and execution....