Metacomputing infrastructures couple multiple clusters (or MPPs) via wide-area networks. A major problem in programming parallel applications for such platforms is their hierarchi...
Executing parallel applications across distributed networks introduces the problem of fault tolerance. A viable solution for fault tolerance must keep overhead manageable and not c...
Abstract— Throughout the world, GSM cellular mobile networks are being upgraded to support the “always-on” General Packet Radio Service (GPRS). Despite the apparent availabil...
Rajiv Chakravorty, Sachin Katti, Ian Pratt, Jon Cr...
The current generation of le systems are inadequate in facing the new technological challenges of wide area networks and massive storage. xFS is a prototype le system we are devel...
Existing multicast routing mechanisms were intended for use within regions where a group is widely represented or bandwidth is universally plentiful. When group members, and sende...
Stephen E. Deering, Deborah Estrin, Dino Farinacci...