Vol. 65, n° 11-12, November-December 2010
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Guest editors
Maurice Gagnaire, Telecom ParisTech, France
Pascale Vicat-Blanc Primet, INRIA, ENS Lyon, France
Dimitra Simeonidou, University of Essex, UK

Foreword 

M. Gagnaire, P. Vicat-Blanc Primet, D. Simeonidou

A marketplace and its market mechanism for trading commoditized computing resources

Jörn Altmann*, Costas Courcoubetis**, Marcel Risch*

*Seoul National University, Korea
**Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

Abstract This paper presents the design and implementation of the GridEcon Marketplace. In addition to supporting a market mechanism for trading computing resources on a payper- use basis, this marketplace also provides an environment for integrating value-added support services.» Read the summary

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Vol. 65, n° 9-10, September-October 2010
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Mounir Mokhtari, CNRS IPAL/Telecom SudParis, France
Mohamed Ali Feki, Alcatel-Lucent Bell, Belgium
Chris Nugent, University of Ulster, UK

Foreword 

Mounir Mokhtari, Mohamed Ali Feki, Chris Nugent

The potential of information and communication technologies to support ageing and independent living

Jeffrey Soar

School of Information Systems, Faculty of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

Abstract This paper discusses the potential of Information and Communications Technology to support ageing and independent living. It reports on the expected impact of ageing Baby Boomers, the environment for ageing, chronic illness and other challenges of ageing, developments in Smart Homes and Assistive Technologies and on the available research evidence of the benefits.» Read the summary

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Vol. 65, n° 7-8, July-August 2010
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Mutual interference considered power allocationin OFDM-based cognitive networks: the multiple SUs case

Chengshi Zhao* · Mingrui Zou*,** · Kyungsup Kwak*

* Telecommunications Engineering Lab, Graduate School of IT and Telecom., Inha University, 253 YongHyun-Dong, Nam-Gu, Incheon, 402-751, Republic of Korea
** Wireless Network Lab, School of Information and Communication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China

Abstract Power allocation for secondary users (SUs) in cognitive networks is an important issue to ensure the SUs’ quality of service. When the mutual interference between the primary users (PUs) and the SUs is taken into consideration, it is wanted to achieve the conflictfree power allocation while synchronously maximizing the capacity of the secondary network.» Read the summary

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Vol. 65, n° 5-6, May-June 2010
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How much do we gain by introducing route optimization in Proxy Mobile IPv6 networks?

Jong-Hyouk Lee · Tai-Myoung Chung

Internet Management Technology Laboratory, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Abstract Proxy Mobile IPv6 has been developed from the concept of network-based mobility support protocol in the Internet Engineering Task Force. The recently published specification of Proxy Mobile IPv6 only focuses on the mobility support without a mobile host’s participation in the mobility signaling. Then, route optimization issues are left in the basket for further works. In this paper, we explore the existing route optimization proposals that are analyzed and matched against a list of functional and operational angles.» Read the summary

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Vol. 65, n° 3-4, March-April 2010
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Markus Fiedler, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
Helmut Hlavacs, University of Vienna, Austria
Klaus Hackbarth, University of Cantabria, Spain
Patrik Arlos, Blekinge Institute of Techology, Sweden

Foreword

Markus Fiedler, Helmut Hlavacs, Klaus Hackbarth, Patrick Arlos

Application of cost models over traffic dimensioning with QoS restrictions

Alberto E. García & Laura Rodríguez de Lope & Klaus D. Hackbarth

Telematic Engineering Group, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain

Abstract Network operators and Internet service providers are offering “Triple Play” products integrating services with different quality of service (QoS) requirements. The provision of QoS guarantees implies the revision of current dimensioning methods and consequences for costing and pricing.» Read the summary

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Vol. 65, n° 1-2, January-February 2014
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Guest editors
Markus Fiedler, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
Helmut Hlavacs, University of Vienna, Austria
Klaus Hackbarth, University of Cantabria, Spain
Patrik Arlos, Blekinge Institute of Techology, Sweden

Foreword 

Markus Fiedler, Helmut Hlavacs, Klaus Hackbarth, Patrick Arlos

Automated qualitative assessment of multi-modal distortions in digital images based on GLZ

Andrzej Głowacz¹ · Michał Grega¹ · Przemysław Gwiazda²· Lucjan Janowski¹ · Mikołaj Leszczu¹ · Piotr Romaniak¹ · Simon Pietro Romano<sup>3

1</sup> Department of Telecommunications, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
² Telekomunikacja Polska R&D, Warsaw, Poland
³ Computer Science Department, Universita’ degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy

Abstract This paper introduces a novel approach to a qualitative assessment of images affected by multimodal distortions.» Read the summary

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