Caching is an important technique to support pervasive Internet access. Cache consistency measures the deviation between the cached data and the source data. In mobile computing e...
In this work we present the results of a comparative study between two well-known network simulators: ns-2 and OPNET Modeler. In particular, we focus on a performance evaluation o...
P. Pablo Garrido, Manuel P. Malumbres, Carlos Migu...
Today, three different physical (PHY) layers for the IEEE 802.11 WLAN are available (802.11a/b/g); they all provide multi-rate capabilities. To achieve a high performance under v...
Mathieu Lacage, Mohammad Hossein Manshaei, Thierry...
—Contexts, the pieces of information that capture the characteristics of computing environments, are often inconsistent in the dynamic and uncertain pervasive computing environme...
Abstract— Fueled by the competing DSL and Cable technologies, residential broadband access has seen a significant spread in availability to the point that many users have a choi...