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RSS paper presentsVirtualization from the Data Center to the Desktop
White Paper This paper looks at the role virtualization should take in an optimized IT infrastructure, and presents a set of principles and best practices to help you build a comprehensive virtualization strategy for your organization. [25 Jul 2008]
Perception Differences About Participating in Distance Education
White Paper This paper presents a factor analysis of the 46 motivating and inhibiting factors for distance education participation and an analysis of interaction between responses and level of participation in distance education, gender, age, faculty rank and... [23 Jul 2008]
Protecting Business-Critical Applications in a VMware Infrastructure 3 Environment Using Veritas Cluster Server for VMware ESX
White Paper The paper then presents several fundamental criteria for evaluating HA/DR solutions and reviews the components, architecture, and functional characteristics of two that are designed to protect critical applications on VMware ESX: VMware HA and... [21 Jul 2008]
Probabilistic QoS Guarantee in Reliability and Timeliness Domains in Wireless Sensor Networks
White Paper This paper presents a novel packet delivery mechanism called Multi-path and Multi-Speed Routing Protocol (MMSPEED) for probabilistic QoS guarantee in wireless sensor networks. The QoS provisioning is performed in two quality domains, namely... [18 Jul 2008]
Cognitive Packet Networks: QoS and Performance
White Paper This paper presents the "Cognitive Packet Network (CPN)" architecture in which intelligent peer-to-peer routing is carried out with the help of "Smart packets" based on best-effort QoS goals. Since packetized voice has stringent QoS requirements... [18 Jul 2008]
Case Study in Assessing Subjective QoS of a Mobile Multimedia Web Service in a Real Multi-Access Network
White Paper This paper presents an empirical task-based user evaluation, which was carried out for the purpose of assessing the subjective QoS of a mobile multimedia web service in a real multi-access network environment comprising of WLAN and GPRS networks... [18 Jul 2008]
Multi-Layer, Mission-Aware QoS Management Techniques for IP Applications in a Joint Battlespace Infosphere
White Paper This paper presents an overall architecture and prototype for Mission-Based Network Management in a Joint Battlespace Infosphere (JBI) that combines application, network, and MAC-layer QoS management. [18 Jul 2008]
Reconfiguration of MPLS/WDM Networks Using Simulation-Based Markov Decision Processes
White Paper This paper presents a new approach to the problem of logical topology reconfiguration in congested WDM networks using simulation-based multi-time scale Markov Decision Processes (MDP). The paper demonstrates that this approach performs well in both... [18 Jul 2008]
Joint Source-Channel Multistream Coding and Optical Network Adapter Design for Video Over IP
White Paper This paper presents a panorama picture on how to achieve end-to-end video over IP service under the communication environments, consisting of backbone networks, hybrid access networks, and the end users. [18 Jul 2008]
AC Algorithms in AQUILA QoS IP Network
White Paper This paper presents the Admission Control (AC) algorithms that are implemented in the prototype multi-service AQUILA QoS IP network. The discussed algorithms were developed for regulating traffic submitted to Network Services (NS) dedicated for... [18 Jul 2008]
Modeling and Simulation of MAC for QoS in IEEE 802.11e Using OPNET Modeler
White Paper This paper presents an IEEE 802.11e model developed using the OPNET Modeler, which is employed for Medium Access Control (MAC) enhancements for Quality of Service (QoS). IEEE 802.11e QoS is implemented using the concept of varying levels of service... [18 Jul 2008]
A Vision Based Approach to Wireless Optical Networking
White Paper This paper presents a new approach to wireless optical networking. This paper considers that this approach provides not only a redundant, secure means for wireless communication, but also a medium for enabling networking through non-traditional... [18 Jul 2008]
Network Architecture to Support QoS in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
White Paper This paper presents a Quality of Service (QoS) architecture for supporting real-time data transmission in Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANETs). The QoS architecture includes a QoS transport layer, QoS routing, queue management and a priority MAC protocol. [18 Jul 2008]
Heuristics for Scheduling Virtual Machines for Improving QoS in Public Computing Utilities
White Paper Here, the paper presents a large scale distributed computing architecture named Public Computing Utility (PCU), where non-dedicated public resources are augmented with privately owned dedicated resources to obtain higher levels of Quality of... [18 Jul 2008]
QoS, Security, and Mobility Management for Fixed and Wireless Networks Under Policy-Based Techniques
White Paper Finally, the paper presents some new evolutions that could be part of the future global policy-based networking architecture. This paper introduces a general policy-based management framework within an IP network. [18 Jul 2008]
