PE
2006
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2006
Springer
Existing wireless networks usually provide multiple data transmission rates. This paper presents a simulation study on the performance of multiple-rate mobile ad hoc networks (MAN...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2006
Springer
This paper presents an efficient solution technique for the steady-state analysis of the second-order Stochastic Fluid Model underlying a second-order Fluid Stochastic Petri Net (...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2006
Springer
In this paper, we consider the problem of devising a loop scheduler that allocates slots to users according to their relative weights as smoothly as possible. Instead of the exist...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2006
Springer
-- We present a new class of finite queues in cyclic networks with production blocking. We show that with a threshold property related to the number of customers in the network, th...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2006
Springer
Approximating general distributions by phase-type (PH) distributions is a popular technique in stochastic analysis, since the Markovian property of PH distributions often allows a...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2006
Springer
Quality of Service (QoS) in terms of end-to-end delay guarantees to real-time applications is an important issue in emerging broadband packet networks. Earliest Deadline First (ED...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2006
Springer
In a multi-level cache such as those used for web caching, a hit at level l leads to the caching of the requested object in all intermediate caches on the reverse path (levels l -...
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2006
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2006
Springer
In this paper, the manufacturing blocking system (MBS) is studied from the Network Calculus (NetCal) perspective. By dominating an MBS by a window flow controller (WFC), we obtain...
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2006
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2006
Springer
We consider a time-slotted queueing model where each time slot can either be an arrival slot, in which new packets arrive, or a departure slot, in which packets are transmitted an...
PE
2006
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2006
Springer
We ask the question, "for minimizing mean response time (sojourn time), which is preferable: one fast server of speed 1, or k slow servers each of speed 1/k?" Our settin...