As current Voice-over-IP (VoIP) systems encourage a direct communication between the callees they are similar in design to peerto-peer (P2P) approaches. Therefore, we introduce a f...
Many large-scale Internet applications optimize their overlay network to reduce latencies. Embedding coordinate systems like Vivaldi are valuable tools for this new range of applic...
New mobile computing technologies and the increasing use of portable devices have pushed the development of the so-called context-aware applications. This new class of applications...
Hybrid networks are networks capable of switching data at multiple levels (optical and IP packet level) by means of multi-service optical switches. As a result of that, huge flows...
Although providing reliable network services is getting more and more important, currently used methods in IP networks are typically reactive and error correcting can take a long t...
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) will form the basis of future information systems. Web services are a promising way to implement SOA enabling the loose coupling of functionalit...
Christian Emig, Frank Brandt, Sebastian Kreuzer, S...
Context-aware applications use context information, like location or identification of nearby objects of interest, to adapt their behavior to the current situation of the user. The...
Tom Broens, Dick A. C. Quartel, Marten van Sindere...