Abstract— This work is concerned with definining a performance index that can be used as an objective measure in the evaluation and comparison of ad hoc networking protocols. Sp...
— Topology control and routing protocols are used by designers of wireless packet data networks to lower the node degree, simplify routing and lower the nodes’ energy consumpti...
Abstract. IP multicast is advantageous for high quality streaming applications and future needs in the Internet. However, it is generally recognized that IP multicast requires sign...
Recent development of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) has led to the appearance of many application specific communication protocols which must be energy-efficient. Among those pro...
To ensure decoupling between publishers and subscribers, most publish-subscribe systems route notifications through intermediate message brokers. A byproduct of this practice is ...