Determining an appropriate sending rate when beginning data transmission into a network with unknown characteristics is a fundamental issue in best-effort networks. Traditionally,...
Energy is the most crucial but scarce resource in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). A wealth of MAC protocols are proposed only to prolong the network lifetime for energy-efficienc...
This paper is about business modelling and negotiation protocol design in distributed scheduling, where individual agents have individual (potentially conflicting) interests. It i...
Edward P. K. Tsang, Timothy Gosling, Botond Virgin...
Abstract--The proliferation of wireless multihop communication infrastructures in office or residential environments depends on their ability to support a variety of emerging appli...
Yiannis Andreopoulos, Nicholas Mastronarde, Mihael...
Abstract--Our study analyzes the security and privacy properties of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Introduced to the U.S. market in 2003, this model of ICD includ...
Daniel Halperin, Thomas S. Heydt-Benjamin, Benjami...