Articles

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Managing latency and fairness in networked games (with J. Brun and F. Safaei), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2006)
Networked games can be seen as forerunners of all kinds of participatory entertainment applications delivered...
 

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Latency-driven distribution: infrastructure needs of participatory entertainment applications (with F. Safaei, C. D. Nguyen, J. Brun, and M. Dowlatshahi), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2005)
This article evaluates network and server infrastructure requirements to support real-time flows associated with networked...
 

Presentations

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Distributed Server Delivery of Immersive VoIP Service: Balancing Between Voice Latency and Access Upload Cost (with Y. P. Que and F. Safaei), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2007)
As a future communication tool to the Distributed Virtual Environment, the Immersive VoIP service delivers...
 

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Enhancing the multicast performance of structured P2P overlay in supporting Massively Multiplayer Online Games (with X. Jiang and F. Safaei), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2007)
Scribe is a scalable application level multicast infrastructure. We have developed two techniques to improve...
 

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Fairness and playability in online multiplayer games (with J. Brun and F. Safaei), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2006)
Playability and fairness are crucial elements of an enjoyable online game experience. The unavoidable propagation...
 

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Minimising the computational cost of providing a mobile immersive communication environment (MICE) (with Y. P. Que and F. Safaei), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2006)
This paper investigates the minimisation of the computational cost of providing Immersive Voice Communication (IVC)...
 

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Rendering Models for Immersive Voice Communications within Distributed Virtual Environment (with Y. P. Que and F. Safaei), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2005)
This paper compares three possible rendering models for the provision of Immersive Voice Communications (IVCs)...
 

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Latency and scalability: a survey of issues and techniques for supporting networked games (with X. Jiang and F. Safaei), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2005)
The popularity of on-line games that emphasize real-time interactivity is on the rise. A survey...
 

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Power efficient connected topologies in ad-hoc networks (with G. Srivastava and J. F. Chicharo), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2005)
Power efficient topologies in an ad-hoc network can reduce battery usage and increase the lifetime...
 

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Link redundancy based connected topologies in ad-hoc networks (with G. Srivastava and J. F. Chicharo), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2005)
The topology of a wireless network can have a significant impact on the connectivity, fault...
 

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DICE: Internet delivery of immersive voice communication for crowded virtual spaces (with F. Safaei and M. Dowlatshahi), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2005)
This paper develops a scalable system design for the creation, and delivery over the Internet,...
 

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Distributed range assignment for reliable channel access and reuse in ad-hoc networks (with G. Srivastava and J. F. Chicharo), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2004)
The available bandwidth in an ad-hoc network can decrease rapidly due to the shared access...
 

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Performance evaluation of a proxy system for providing immersive audio communication to massively multi-player games (with C. D. Nguyen and F. Safaei), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2004)
In this paper, a distributed proxy architecture is introduced for the provisioning of an immersive...
 

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A distributed server architecture for providing immersive audio communication to massively multiplayer online games (with C. D. Nguyen and F. Safaei), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2004)
This paper investigates the assignment of audio mixing operations to a geographically distributed set of...
 

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Topology control in heterogeneous ad-hoc networks (with G. Srivastava and J. F. Chicharo), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2004)
Topology control in an ad-hoc network can provide better spatial reuse of the wireless channel...
 

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Investigation and modeling of traffic issues in immersive audio environments (with J. McMahon, M. Rumsewicz, and F. Safaei), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2004)
A growing area of technical importance is that of distributed virtual environments for work and...
 

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Resilience-differentiation in programmable virtual networks (with F. Rosenbaum, S. Jha, and F. Safaei), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2004)
Service and application requirements on network resilience have increased over the past few years. New...
 

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Reliable optimised flooding in ad hoc networks (with J. Lipman and J. F. Chicharo), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2004)
Information dissemination (flooding) forms an integral part of routing protocols, network management, service discovery and...
 

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A hybrid optical network architecture consisting of optical cross connects and optical burst switches (with C. T. Chou, F. Safaei, and I. Ouveysi), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2003)
Optical burst switches (OBSes) have been proposed to improve the utilization of a network of...
 

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Provisioning content distribution networks over shared infrastructure (with T. V. Nguyen and C. T. Chou), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2003)
The current paradigm of content distribution networks (CDN) deployment requires heavy infrastructure investment since a...
 

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Resource aware information dissemination in ad hoc networks (with J. Lipman, J. F. Chicharo, and J. Judge), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2003)
Information dissemination (flooding) forms an integral part of routing protocols, network management, service discovery and...
 

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TCMCA: a source-based distributed topology control algorithm for mission critical applications in mobile ad-hoc networks (with G. Srivastava, J. F. Chicharo, and C. Ware), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2003)
Topology control in a wireless ad-hoc network allows better spatial reuse of the wireless channel...
 

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An architecture for carrier grade programmable networks (with T. V. Nguyen and F. Safaei), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2002)
Active and programmable networks allow innovative new services to be deployed rapidly. However, in a...
 

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Label switching using the IPv6 address hierarchy (with J. F. Chicharo), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2000)
Current label switching protocols can use routing, address, and address hierarchy information to group...
 

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An examination of IP/ATM cut-through forwarding in dynamically routed networks (with J. F. Chicharo), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2000)
Multiprotocol over ATM (MPOA), IP switching and multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) have distinctly different mechanisms...
 

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IP forwarding alternatives in cell switched optical networks (with J. F. Chicharo), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2000)
Optical switching will enable core Internet packet switching to scale with future transmission rate increases....