The recent popularity in the use of multimedia software and applications is creating increasing demand on the Internet to support quality of service (QoS). The problems of most concern in the next-generation Internet ...
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The recent popularity in the use of multimedia software and applications is creating increasing demand on the Internet to support quality of service (QoS). The problems of most concern in the next-generation Internet (NGI), such as bandwidth and latency, have solutions via DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing), high-speed switches/routers, etc. QoS seems to be one of the few aspects remaining without having a clear final standard specified so far, due to its complexity and interoperability issues. This paper introduces QoS and clarifies its status and the latest possible solutions, such as MPLS (Multiple Protocol Label Switching), RSVP (Resource Reservation Protocol), DiffServ (Differentiated Service), etc., for practical implementations of optical networking in NGI with better QoS features.
Paging is a process to locate mobile terminals in wireless systems, which is initiated by the users calling from a fixed or mobile environment. In particular, the paging issue in IMT-2000 systems is very important to ...
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Paging is a process to locate mobile terminals in wireless systems, which is initiated by the users calling from a fixed or mobile environment. In particular, the paging issue in IMT-2000 systems is very important to maintain the wireless services to the mobile subscribers who are allowed to roam in different systems instead of stand-alone systems. We introduce a predictive paging scheme based on the concept of a boundary location register. We develop the corresponding signaling messages to describe the call delivery procedure of intersystem roaming. Since paging costs are associated with bandwidth utilization and delays influence call setup time, they are used as metrics in evaluating the performance of the proposed paging scheme.
This paper introduces an adaptive distributed call admission control framework developed for cellular mobile networks. The main feature of the proposed framework is a more efficient support for mobile multimedia users...
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ISBN:
(纸本)0780365968
This paper introduces an adaptive distributed call admission control framework developed for cellular mobile networks. The main feature of the proposed framework is a more efficient support for mobile multimedia users having dynamic bandwidth requirements. This is achieved by imposing an upper bound on the experienced call dropping probability, regardless of network load changes, while maintaining a high network resource utilization. The call admission control algorithm presented in this paper involves not only the original cell (handling the new admission request) but also a cluster of neighboring cells. The neighboring cells provide significant information about their ability to support the new mobile user in the future. This distributed process allows the original cell to make a more clear-sighted admission decision for the new user. The cell changes the acceptance threshold dynamically to maintain a target call dropping probability. Simulations are provided to show the improvements obtained using our framework.
The multiple access with reduced handshake (MARCH) protocol utilizes the broadcast characteristics of an omnidirectional antenna to reduce the number of control messages required to transmit a data packet in multihop ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)0780365216
The multiple access with reduced handshake (MARCH) protocol utilizes the broadcast characteristics of an omnidirectional antenna to reduce the number of control messages required to transmit a data packet in multihop ad hoc networks. In MARCH, the RTS-CTS handshake is used only by the first hop of a route to forward data packets while for the rest it utilizes a new CTS-only handshake. Since fewer control packets are transmitted, the probability of packet collision is reduced and therefore the channel throughput is increased. Simulation results demonstrate that MARCH outperforms MAC protocols that employ only the RTS-CTS handshake.
The GUIDE system has been developed to provide city visitors with a hand-held context-aware tourist guide. The system has been successfully deployed in a major tourist destination and is currently at the stage where i...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781581131970
The GUIDE system has been developed to provide city visitors with a hand-held context-aware tourist guide. The system has been successfully deployed in a major tourist destination and is currently at the stage where it is publicly available to visitors who wish to explore the city. Reaching this stage has been the culmination of a number of distinct research efforts. In more detail, the development of GUIDE has involved: capturing a real set of application requirements, investigating the properties of a cell-based wireless communications technology in a built-up environment and deploying a network based on this technology around the city, designing and populating an information model to represent attractions and key buildings within the city, prototyping the development of a distributed application running across portable GUIDE units and stationary cell-servers and finally, evaluating the entire system during an extensive field-trial study. This paper reports on our results in each of these areas. We believe that through our work on the GUIDE project we have produced a blueprint for the development of interactive context-aware systems that should be of real value to those in the community who wish to develop such systems in a practical environment.
The position-guided sliding-window routing (PSR) protocol is a scalable single-tier routing protocol designed for operation in mobile ad hoc networking environments. Previous work has demonstrated that the PSR protoco...
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ISBN:
(纸本)0780365216
The position-guided sliding-window routing (PSR) protocol is a scalable single-tier routing protocol designed for operation in mobile ad hoc networking environments. Previous work has demonstrated that the PSR protocol possesses the scalability property and provides for very efficient routing thus being an extremely attractive solution for large scale ad hoc networks. PSR is based on is the superposition of link-state forwarding for local destinations and position-based forwarding for remote destinations, and the underlying principle behind its development is to reduce the network routing overhead by making the accuracy of the routing information in each node inversely proportional to its distance from any other node in the network. The use of multiple zones provides a method of implementing that principle in a discrete way. By selecting appropriately the number of zones and the corresponding radii of the zones our approach intends to control the routing overhead generation and propagation by making the overhead generation rate and propagation distance directly proportional to the amount of change in a node's geographic position. This paper investigates the dependence of the optimum zone configuration (i.e. number of zones and corresponding radii) on network configuration and node behavior (i.e. mobility), in order to evaluate the protocol's sensitivity to those parameters and provide guidelines for determining the optimal zone configuration for efficient operation of the PSR protocol.
The audiovisual library of the future will be based on computerized access to digitized documents. In this communication, we address the user interface issues which will arise from this new situation. One cannot simpl...
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Welcome to the third International conference on Management of multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS'2000) in Fortaleza (Brazil)! The first MMNS was held in Montreal ( Canada) in july 1997 and the second MMNS was...
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ISBN:
(数字)9780387355320
ISBN:
(纸本)9780792379621;9781475757132
Welcome to the third International conference on Management of multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS'2000) in Fortaleza (Brazil)! The first MMNS was held in Montreal ( Canada) in july 1997 and the second MMNS was held in Versailles (France) in November 1998. The MMNS conference takes place every year and a half and is aimed to be a truly international event by bringing together researchers and practitioners from all around the world and by organising the conference each time in a different continent/country. Over the past several years, there has been a considerable amount of research within the fields of multimedianetworking and network management. Much of that work has taken place within the context of managing Quality-of Service in broadband integrated services digital networks such as the A TM, and more recently in IP-based networks, to respond to the requirements of emerging multimedia applications. A TM networks were designed to support multimedia traffic with diverse characteristics and can be used as the transfer mode for both wired and wireless networks. A new set of Internet protocols is being developed to provide better quality of service, which is a prerequisite for supporting multimedia applications. multimedia applications have a different set of requirements, which impacts the design of the underlying communication network as well as its management. Several QoS management mechanisms intervening at different layers of the communication network are required including QoS-routing, QoS-based transport, QoS negotiation, QoS adaptation, FCAPS management, and mobility management.
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