In light of the slow deployment of IP Multicast technology on the global Internet and the
explosive popularity of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing applications, there has been a flurry …

Application Layer Multicast (ALM) is considered as an alternative approach to IP multicast.
Topology awareness is an important metric for ALM because it reduces link stress and delay …

Different technologies carry different forms of collaboration such as telephone conferencing,
ISDN video conferencing, voice over IP, IP video conferencing, just to name a few. Improved …

This paper argues that many HMM model inaccuracies are a direct consequence of the fact
that the HMM is a one dimensional stochastic model applied to a two dimensional process …

This paper examines the problem of characterizing and assessing the global impact of the
load imposed by a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) overlay on the AS-level underlay. In particular, we …

In this paper, we introduce a framework that supports a large number of participants in a
collaborative virtual environment (CVE). We consider object classification based on avatars' …

In this paper, we present a graph-theoretic framework for provisioning overlay network
based multimedia distribution services to a diverse set of receivers. Considering resource …

Peer-to-peer architecture is currently an attractive solution for facilitating the use of
collaboration software without any server. Multicasting is usually proposed for group …

During the past decade, the Internet has witnessed a dramatic increase in the popularity of
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) applications. This has caused a significant growth in the volume of P2P …

Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG), now supporting millions of simultaneous
participants on a regular basis, have become a significant contributor in human-to-human …