Managing Traffic Performance in Converged Networks

Invited Presentations.- Game-Theoretic Models of ISP-ISP and ISP-Customer Interactions.- Towards Autonomic Communications.- Topics in Networking Research.- Path Towards Network Convergence and Challenges.- IPTV Planning and Modeling.- Dimensioning Multicast-Enabled Networks for IP-Transported TV Channels.- Video-on-Demand Server Selection and Placement.- Analysis of the Influence of Video-Aware Traffic Management on the Performance of the Dejittering Mechanism.- Modeling of H.264 High Definition Video Traffic Using Discrete-Time Semi-Markov Processes.- Network Performance.- Initial Simulation Results That Analyze SIP Based VoIP Networks Under Overload.- Recovery, Routing and Load Balancing Strategy for an IP/MPLS Network.- Performability Analysis of Multi-layer Restoration in a Satellite Network.- Adaptive Congestion Control Under Dynamic Weather Condition for Wireless and Satellite Networks.- Routing.- Distributed Path Computation Without Transient Loops: An Intermediate Variables Approach.- A Robust Routing Plan to Optimize Throughput in Core Networks.- Stable and Robust Multipath Oblivious Routing for Traffic Engineering.- Modeling BGP Table Fluctuations.- Server/Switch Performance.- Performance Evaluation of a Reliable Content Mediation Platform in the Emerging Future Internet.- Fair Scheduling in Optical Burst Switching Networks.- Optical Packet Switches Enhanced with Electronic Buffering and Fixed Wavelength Conversion.- Impact of Complex Filters on the Message Throughput of the ActiveMQ JMS Server.- Service Overlay Networks.- Bio-inspired Analysis of Symbiotic Networks.- Hierarchical Infrastructure-Based Overlay Network for Multicast Services.- Network Capacity Allocation in Service Overlay Networks.- Hybrid Topology for Multicast Support in Constrained WDM Networks.- Traffic Source and Aggregate Models.- Understanding IP Traffic Via Cluster Processes.- State-Space Modeling of Long-Range Dependent Teletraffic.- Generating LRD Traffic Traces Using Bootstrapping.- On the Flexibility of M/G/? Processes for Modeling Traffic Correlations.- Mesh Networks - Performance Optimization - I.- Analytic Modeling of Ad Hoc 802.11 Networks with Hidden Nodes Applied to a Split Channel Solution for Performance Improvement.- Providing QoS in Ad Hoc Networks with Distributed Resource Reservation.- Fluid-Flow Modeling of a Relay Node in an IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ad-Hoc Network.- An Upper Bound on Multi-hop Wireless Network Performance.- QoS in Converged Networks.- On the Use of Accounting Data for QoS-Aware IP Network Planning.- Quantification of Quality of Experience for Edge-Based Applications.- A Comparative Study of Forward Error Correction and Frame Accumulation for VoIP over Congested Networks.- Performance Optimization of Single-Cell Voice over WiFi Communications Using Quantitative Cross-Layering Analysis.- Traffic Engineering.- A Cross-Layer Approach for Evaluating the Impact of Single NEXT Interferer in DMT Based ADSL Systems.- A Statistical Bandwidth Sharing Perspective on Buffer Sizing.- Approximating Flow Throughput in Complex Data Networks.- Improving RED by a Neuron Controller.- Mesh Networks - Performance Optimization - II.- BFGSDP: Bloom Filter Guided Service Discovery Protocol for MANETs.- Opportunistic Medium Access Control in MIMO Wireless Mesh Networks.- A Delay Based Multipath Optimal Route Analysis for Multi-hop CSMA/CA Wireless Mesh Networks.- Load Balancing by Joint Optimization of Routing and Scheduling in Wireless Mesh Networks.- End-to-End Delay in Converged Networks.- Network Calculus Delay Bounds in Queueing Networks with Exact Solutions.- Simple Approximations of Delay Distributions and Their Application to Network Modeling.- Modeling and Predicting End-to-End Response Times in Multi-tier Internet Applications.- Delay Bounds in Tree Networks with DiffServ Architecture.- Queuing Models - I.- Polling Models with Two-Stage Gated Service: Fairness Versus Efficiency.- On a Unifying Theory on Polling Models in Heavy Traffic.- Performance Analysis of a Fluid Queue with Random Service Rate in Discrete Time.- Performance of a Partially Shared Priority Buffer with Correlated Arrivals.- Performance of Peer-to-Peer Networks.- Unfairness in the e-Mule File Sharing System.- On Uncoordinated File Distribution with Non-altruistic Downloaders.- TCPeer: Rate Control in P2P over IP Networks.- Estimating Churn in Structured P2P Networks.- Performance Analysis of Peer-to-Peer Storage Systems.- Traffic Measurements and Demand Forecast.- Traffic Matrix Estimation Based on Markovian Arrival Process of Order Two (MAP-2).- Survey on Traffic of Metro Area Network with Measurement On-Line.- Deterministic Versus Probabilistic Packet Sampling in the Internet.- Simple and Accurate Forecasting of the Market for Cellular Mobile Services.- Queuing Models - II.- Performance Analysis of FEC Recovery Using Finite-Buffer Queueing System with General Renewal and Poisson Inputs.- Queueing Model with Time-Phased Batch Arrivals.- A Performance Analysis of Tandem Networks with Markovian Sources.- Queues with Message Discard at Non-zero Cost.- Impact of Convergence and Divergence Forces on Network Performance and Provisioning.- Uniform Approximations for Multirate Loss Systems with State Dependent Arrival Rates.- Power Control and Rate Adaptation in Multi-hop Access Networks - Is It Worth the Effort?.- Random Multi-access Algorithms in Networks with Partial Interaction: A Mean Field Analysis.- A Phase-Type Based Markov Chain Model for IEEE 802.16e Sleep Mode and Its Performance Analysis.- The Impact of Interference on Optimal Multi-path Routing in Ad Hoc Networks.- Modeling IEEE 802.11 in Mesh Networks.- Self-tuning Optimal PI Rate Controller for End-to-End Congestion With LQR Approach.- Quality-of-Service Provisioning for Multi-service TDMA Mesh Networks.- Provisioning Dedicated Class of Service for Reliable Transfer of Signaling Traffic.- An Algorithmic Framework for Discrete-Time Flow-Level Simulation of Data Networks.- Loss/Blocking Probability.- On the Application of the Asymmetric Convolution Algorithm in Modeling of Full-Availability Group with Bandwidth Reservation.- Analysis and Provisioning of a Circuit-Switched Link with Variable-Demand Customers.- An Approximation Method for Multiservice Loss Performance in Hierarchical Networks.- Analysis of Losses in a Bufferless Transmission Link.- Traffic Management in Wireless Networks.- Adaptive Admission Control in Mobile Cellular Networks with Streaming and Elastic Traffic.- Queueing Analysis of Mobile Cellular Networks Considering Wireless Channel Unreliability and Resource Insufficiency.- A Novel Performance Model for the HSDPA with Adaptive Resource Allocation.- Traffic Measurements and Characterization.- On the Interaction Between Internet Applications and TCP.- Measurement Based Modeling of eDonkey Peer-to-Peer File Sharing System.- Internet Data Flow Characterization and Bandwidth Sharing Modelling.- Measurement and Characteristics of Aggregated Traffic in Broadband Access Networks.- Network Design for Capacity and Performance.- Revisiting the Optimal Partitioning of Zones in Next Generation Cellular Networks: A Network Capacity Impact Perspective.- Distributed Dynamic Load Balancing in Wireless Networks.- Algorithms for Designing WDM Networks and Grooming the Traffic.- Performance Analysis of Traffic-Groomed Optical Networks Employing Alternate Routing Techniques.- Performance of Wireless Networks.- Approximating the Admission Region for Multi-resource CAC in Wireless Networks.- Co-MAC: Energy Efficient MAC Protocol for Large-Scale Sensor Networks.- Performance Evaluation of IEEE 802.11 DCF Networks.- Scheduling.- Impact of Size-Based Scheduling on Flow Level Performance in Wireless Downlink Data Channels.- A Resource Scheduling Scheme for Radio Access in Portable Internet.- Opportunistic Scheduling of Wireless Links.- Reversible Fair Scheduling: The Teletraffic Theory Revisited.- Plenary Session - Contributed Papers.- Is ALOHA Causing Power Law Delays?.- Peer-to-Peer vs. Client/Server: Reliability and Efficiency of a Content Distribution Service.- Globally Optimal User-Network Association in an 802.11 WLAN & 3G UMTS Hybrid Cell.