Breakthrough Perspectives in Network and Data Communications Security, Design, and Applications Book

Ch. I Strategic Outsourcing: Opportunities and Challenges for Telecom Operators Varadharajan Sridhar Sridhar, Varadharajan 1 Ch. II Empirical Prediction of Computer-Network Evolution Sami J. Habib Habib, Sami J. 14 Ch. III Suitability of IP Telephony in the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN): A Case Study Hak Ju Kim Kim, Hak Ju 28 Ch. IV A Framework for High-Speed Networking Abid Al Ajeeli Ajeeli, Abid Al Yousif Al Bastaky Bastaky, Yousif Al 46 Ch. V Updating on Gigabit Ethernet Implementation: The Case of a Large New Zealand Organization Nurul I. Sarkar Sarkar, Nurul I. Catherine Byrne Byrne, Catherine Nabeel A. Y. Al-Qirim Al-Qirim, Nabeel A. Y. 62 Ch. VI Interaction Between MIMD-Poly & PIPD-Poly Algorithms and other TCP Variants in Multiple Bottleneck TCP Networks M. Chandrasekaran Chandrasekaran, M. R. S. D. Wahida Banu Banu, R. S. D. Wahida 78 Ch. VII A Systematic Approach to the Analysis and Configuration of Audio/Video-on-Demand Services Xabiel G. Paneda Paneda, Xabiel G. David Melendi Melendi, David Roberto Garcia Garcia, Roberto Manuel Vilas Vilas, Manuel Victor Garcia Garcia, Victor 95 Ch. VIII Mobile Information Processing Involving Multiple Non-Collaborative Sources Say Ying Lim Lim, Say Ying David Taniar Taniar, David Bala Srinivasan Srinivasan, Bala 121 Ch. IX Network Planning Algorithms for Optimizing Signalling Load in Mobile Networks Vilmos Simon Simon, Vilmos Sandor Imre Imre, Sandor 139 Ch. X A Heuristic Solution to the Large Scale Cellular Telecommunication Network Expansion Problem Joon-Yeoul Oh Oh, Joon-Yeoul John P. Mullen Mullen, John P. 154 Ch. XI Wireless Proxy: Distributed System to Mitigate the Effects of User Mobility Over StreamingServices on IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs Manuel Vilas Vilas, Manuel Xabiel G. Paneda Paneda, Xabiel G. David Melendi Melendi, David Roberto Garcia Garcia, Roberto Victor Garcia Garcia, Victor 169 Ch. XII Soft Decision Parallel Interference Cancellation for Multi-Carrier DS-CDMA R. Radhakrishnan Radhakrishnan, R. K. R. Shankarkumar Shankarkumar, K. R. A. Ebenezer Jeyakumar Jeyakumar, A. Ebenezer 183 Ch. XIII Distributed Resources Management in Wireless LANs that Support Fault Tolerance Ghassan Kbar Kbar, Ghassan Wathiq Mansoor Mansoor, Wathiq 204 Ch. XIV Cooperative Data Caching and Prefetching in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Mieso K. Denko Denko, Mieso K. 217 Ch. XV A Survey on Fuzzy Reasoning Applications for Routing Protocols in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks Essam Natsheh Natsheh, Essam 231 Ch. XVI Fuzzy Linguistic Knowledge for Active Queue Management in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks Essam Natsheh Natsheh, Essam 243 Ch. XVII Risk Factors to Retrieve Anomaly Intrusion Information and Profile User Behavior Yun Wang Wang, Yun Lee Seidman Seidman, Lee 258 Ch. XVIII Network Setup for Secure Routing in Inter-Vehicle Communication Networks Rania Wehbi Wehbi, Rania Ayman Kayssi Kayssi, Ayman Ali Chehab Chehab, Ali Zaher Dawy Dawy, Zaher 272 Ch. XIX Metropolitan Broadband Networks: Design and Implementation Aspects, and Business Models Antonios Alexiou Alexiou, Antonios Christos Bouras Bouras, Christos John Papagiannopoulos Papagiannopoulos, John Dimitrios Primpas Primpas, Dimitrios 286 Compilation of References 302 About the Contributors 325 Index 331