Author:Li, YangDate:2007In recent decades, communications network has evolved at drastic speed to provide advanced and intelligent services. This strengthening service provision owes to the successful establishment of various intelligent networks and the use of ...Read more
Author:Muwonge, Benon KageziDate:2006Optical Burst Switching (OBS) is a viable technology for the next generation core network. We propose an FEC-assembly scheme that efficiently assembles self-similar traffic and a Pareto-offset assignment rather than a constant offset assignment. ...Read more
Author:Mohammed, Mohssen M Z EDate:2012This thesis proposes an accurate system for signature generation for Zero-day polymorphic worms. Thesis consists of two parts: In part one, polymorphic worm instances are collected by designing a novel Double-honeynet system, which is able ...Read more
Author:Chan, H AnthonyDate:2004The IEEE 802.11 family of WirelessLAN enable broadband wireless access at low cost but has limited distance range. The 3G Wireless network enable wireless data access over much longer distance of cellular sites and with the handover and roaming ...Read more
Author:Wei, DaliDate:2007Many clustering algorithms have been proposed to improve energy efficiency of ad hoc networks as this is one primary challenge in ad hoc networks. The design of these clustering algorithms in sensor networks is different from that in mobile ...Read more
Author:Ramaboli, Allen LehopotsengDate:2016Recent network technology developments have led to the emergence of a variety of access network technologies - such as IEEE 802.11, wireless local area network (WLAN), IEEE 802.16, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WIMAX) and ...Read more
Author:Abdelatif, Mohamed AbdallaDate:2007This thesis proposes a mobility management framework that aims to provide a framework for advanced mobility algorithms that allows the challenges of next-generation roaming to be met. The framework features tools that gather context and content ...Read more
Author:Ernest, Petro PeshaDate:2014The Internet was originally designed for stationary nodes. With the advancement of mobile nodes (such as smartphones and tablets) that have wireless Internet access capability, the original design of the Internet is no longer sufficient. These ...Read more
Author:Falowo, Olabisi EmmanuelDate:2008Next generation wireless network (NGWN) will be heterogeneous where different radio access technologies (RATs) coexist. This coexistence of different RATs necessitates joint radio resource management (JRRM) for enhanced QoS provisioning and ...Read more
Author:Acquaah, Pascal E KDate:2007Optical burst switching (OBS) is a promising technology designed to meet the growing demands for internet handwidth and better Quality of Service (QoS). This technology provides all optical and high speed switching to overcome the bottleneck ...Read more
Author:Magagula, Linoh A; Falowo, Olabisi E; Chan, H AnthonyDate:2010This paper analyzes the reduction of handover delay in a network-based localized mobility management framework assisted by IEEE 802.21 MIH services. It compares the handover signaling procedures with host-based localized MIPv6 (HMIPv6), with ...Read morecb
Author:Piyasena, Indika Weliwe GamageDate:2007The high adoption of mobile phones coupled with 3G technology can extend Internet access to new communities. Yet such access is currently impractical because mobile phone interfaces are cumbersome to use. In addition, hierarchical menus and ...Read more
Author:Mulam, Muhana Magboul AliDate:2012As the Internet increasingly becomes more mobile focused and overloaded with mobile hosts, mobile users are bound to roam freely and attach to a variety of networks. These different networks converge over an IP-based core to enable ubiquitous ...Read more
Author:Barry, Bazara I ADate:2008Voice and data have been traditionally carried on different types of networks based on different technologies, namely, circuit switching and packet switching respectively. Convergence in networks enables carrying voice, video, and other data ...Read more
Author:Muslam, Muhana; Chan, H Anthony; Ventura, NecoDate:2011Host identity protocol (HIP) has security support to enable secured mobility and multihoming, both of which are essential for future Internet applications. Compared to end host mobility and multihoming with HIP, existing HIP-based micro-mobility ...Read morecb
Author:Mushabe, AllanDate:2008Interactive gaming is a major feature of social sectors. Until recently, interactive games have generally been restricted to solitary access networks. In other words, games have to be played on similar systems. The IP Multimedia Subsystem is ...Read more
Author:Karem, Tope RazaqDate:2006This study investigates the problem of ring-node assignment a Multiservice SDH/SONET Optical network design with constraints in capacity and differential delay. The problem is characterized as a graph-partitioning problem, and a heuristic ...Read more
Author:Basich, Zoran Luka JosipDate:2006The research work undertaken involves the design of a new, energy efficient Medium Access Control (MAC) layer for Ad Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks (AHWSN). MAC solutions are either contention based or non-contention based. Energy inefficiencies ...Read more
Author:Salami, Oladayo MDate:2011The interworking of multi-hop wireless networks can conveniently provide ubiquitous seamless service and continual access for network users. Ubiquity can be achieved through multi-technology mobile terminals (nodes), which enables network ...Read more
Author:Salami, Oladayo MDate:2006Queuing and scheduling are packet processing functions which provide quality of service (QoS) at the first level of the QoS architecture where routers reside. With the continued increase in network speed, queuing and scheduling of traffic ...Read more