Pathan A.-S.K., Pathan M., Lee H.Y. (eds.) Advancements in Distributed Computing and Internet Technologies. Trends and Issues

IGI Global, 2012. — 430 p.The concept of the Internet has been a tremendous success by this time. Other than being a great source of fun and enjoyment, millions of people around the world rely on the Internet for various tasks related to their livelihoods. The overwhelming growth of the Internet and its users is now a reality, which has put new thoughts among the research community to devise new ideas for giving coverage to a huge number of people around the globe. Distributed computing is facilitating the growth and proper utilization of various internetworking technologies.
This book, entitled Advancements in Distributed Computing and Internet Technologies: Trends and Issues, compiles the recent research trends as well as common issues in the fields of distributed computing, and Internet technologies. The book aims to provide advancements on emerging technologies in these fields to support the effective design and implementation of distributed computing environments and Internet-based technologies. It is written mainly for graduate students, researchers, academics, and industry practitioners, working in the areas of Internet and distributed computing, who want to improve their understanding of the inter-related topics.Section 1 Internet-Based System Design
Analysis and Modeling of QoS Parameters in VoIP Traffic
End-to-End Dataflow Parallelism for Transfer Throughput Optimization
IPTV Challenges and Solutions in Metro Networks
Utilization of Latency Measurements for Network-Based Applications
MINTCar: A Tool Enabling Multiple Source Multiple Destination Network Tomography
Service Provision Evolution in Self-Managed Future Internet Environments
Section 2 Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications
Evaluating the Performance of the IEEE 802.15.4 Standard in Supporting Time-Critical Wireless Sensor Networks
Data Gathering with Multi-Attribute Fusion in Wireless Sensor Networks
Security Issues on Outlier Detection and Countermeasure for Distributed Hierarchical Wireless Sensor Networks
Computationally Efficient Cooperative Public Key Authentication Protocols in Ubiquitous Sensor Network
RNST: Precise Localization Based on Trilateration for Indoor Sensor Networks
A WSN-Based Building Management Framework to Support Energy-Saving Applications in Buildings
Section 3 Next Generation Distributed Systems
Publish/Subscribe Techniques for P2P Networks
A P2P-Based Strongly Distributed Network Polling Solution
Service-Oriented Networking for the Next Generation Distributed Computing
Long-Term Evolution (LTE): Broadband-Enabled Next Generation of Wireless Mobile Cellular Network
Service Level Provisioning for Cloud-Based Applications
Decentralization in Distributed Systems: Challenges, Technologies and Opportunities