Abstract. In this paper, we consider a two-layer hierarchy, ı.e. micro and umbrella layer, cellular system, and propose a new hand-off mechanism to minimize call blocking probabil...
Instrument controls in motor vehicles have haptic properties (force and compliance) designed to enhance the ease of use. In conventional control knobs, these properties are obtain...
Mircea Badescu, Charles Wampler, Constantinos Mavr...
The decomposition of large systems into parts is a general principle of software design. Even more, in the scope of distributed systems a partition of the whole system into distri...
Power efficient design of real-time systems based on programmable processors becomes more important as system functionality is increasingly realized through software. This paper ...
This paper introduces volume leases as a mechanism for providing cache consistency for large-scale, geographically distributed networks. Volume leases are a variation of leases, w...
Jian Yin, Lorenzo Alvisi, Michael Dahlin, Calvin L...