Mobile social networks have been introduced as a new efficient (i.e., minimize resource usage) and effective (i.e., maximize the number of target recipients) way to disseminate con...
A query burst is a period of heightened interest of users on a topic which yields a higher frequency of the search queries related to it. In this paper we examine the behavior of s...
Abstract--We consider the problem of dynamic content distribution in publish-subscribe mobile social networks. Mobile users subscribe to the content provider. Then, when new conten...
Energy-efficient communication has recently become a key challenge for both researchers and industries. In this paper, we propose a new model in which a Content Provider and an In...
WAP is a set of protocols that optimizes standard TCP/IP/HTTP/HTML protocols, for use under the low bandwidth, high latency conditions often found in wireless networks. But, end-t...
Content providers base their business on their ability to receive and answer requests from clients distributed across the Internet. Since disruptions in the flow of these request...
Resource prediction refers to predicting required compute power and energy resources for consuming a service on a device. Resource prediction is extremely useful in a client-serve...
The usage of network resources by content providers is commonly governed by Service Level Agreements (SLA) between the content provider and the network service provider. Resource ...