— Many distributed multiple access (MAC) protocols use an exponential backoff mechanism. In that mechanism, a node picks a random backoff time uniformly in an interval that doubl...
In many service industries, companies compete with each other on the basis of the waiting time their customers experience, along with the price they charge for their service. A fi...
The proliferation of spatial data on the Internet is beginning to allow a much wider access to data currently available in various Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In order t...
A comprehensive treatment of network security. Topics include remote access security, DMZ, firewalls, VPNs, PKI architecture, X.509 Public key infrastructure, web security, S-HTTP,...
The mobility of terminals and users is a crucial issue in the open global system represented by the Internet. Supporting terminal and user mobility requires a middleware infrastru...
Paolo Bellavista, Antonio Corradi, Cesare Stefanel...