the extensibility and evolution of network services and protocols had become a major research issue in recent years. The 'programmable' and 'active' network par...
Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) are envisaged to extend Internet access and other networking services in personal, local, campus, and metropolitan areas. Mesh routers (MR) form the c...
—As the Internet steadily increases in importance, it is still based on a quite fragile routing design. From network operators perspective it is therefore crucial to detect end-t...
—The application of directional antennas in wireless networks brings numerous benefits, such as increased spatial reuse and mitigated interferences. Most MAC protocols with dire...
Abstract— In this paper we analyze the positioning of landmarks in coordinates-based Internet distance prediction approaches with focus on Global Network Positioning (GNP). We sh...