: Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) do not only provide a means for wireless communication, they can also supply terminal positions to location-aware services and applications. T...
Michael Wallbaum, Andreas Dieckmann, Peter Russell...
—Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (WMSNs) are distributed systems of wirelessly networked devices that allow retrieving video and audio streams, still images, and scalar senso...
The one issue that unites almost all approaches to distributed computing is the need to know whether certain components in the system have failed or are otherwise unavailable. Whe...
ions and concepts that let applications access and share resources and services across distributed, wide area networks, while providing common security semantics, distributed resou...
Ian T. Foster, Carl Kesselman, Jeffrey M. Nick, St...
As Grids become increasingly relied upon as critical infrastructure, it is imperative to ensure the highly-available and secure day-to-day operation of the Grid infrastructure. The...
Jonathan C. Rowanhill, Glenn S. Wasson, Zach Hill,...