or fault-tolerant asynchronous systems. It abstracts a family of problems known as Agreement (or Coordination) problems. Any solution to consensus can serve as a basic building blo...
Abstract— The Virtual Node Layer (VNLayer) is a programtraction for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs). It defines simple virtual servers at fixed locations in a network, addressi...
Jiang Wu, Nancy D. Griffeth, Nancy A. Lynch, Calvi...
In this paper we present Energy Aware Random Asynchronous Wakeup (RAW-E), a novel crosslayer power management and routing protocol for heterogeneous wireless sensor and actor netw...
Currently, there is a strong effort of the research community in rethinking the Internet architecture to cope with its current limitations and support new requirements. Many resea...
Natalia Castro Fernandes, Marcelo D. D. Moreira, I...
A fair contract signing protocol allows two potentially mistrusted parities to exchange their commitments (i.e., digital signatures) to an agreed contract over the Internet in a f...