The purpose of this paper is to present protocols for efficient load balancing across replicated multimedia servers in a Metropolitan Area Network. Current multimedia infrastructures, even when they use mirrored servers, do not have standardized load balancing schemes. Existing schemes frequently require participation from the clients in balancing the load across the servers efficiently. We pro...

The objective of this research to develop quantitative measures that capture various aspects of underlying network structure, using aggregate level travel data from fifty metropolitan areas across the U.S. The influence of these measures on system performance is then tested using statistical regression models. The results corroborate that the quantitative measures of network structure affect th...

IEEE 802.16e, mobile Wi-Max, is a wireless technology used to provide very high data rate over large areas to a large number of users where broadband is unavailable. WiMAX network operators provide WiMAX subscriber units that enable connection to the metropolitan WiMAX network while WiFi units are used for connecting local devices within homes or businesses. In this paper, we use OPNET Modeler ...

extended abstract 1. introduction at the beginning of the 3rd millennium, future studies (foresight) have been involved in the discovery, innovation and assessment of possible, probable and desirable futures as well as analyzing past procedures; such an approach is the objective evidence of what gaston berger has stated about the future, that is “see the future and disrupt its framework” (godet...

This paper analyzes redistribution by municipalities in a metropolitan area using the classical model of residential land use in a monocentric city. Crossing bid rent curves lead to spatial segregation of household types which might shield high-income households from redistribution by municipalities. If rich households live farer away from the central business district than poor households, the...

As data traffic increase rapidly, IP over WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) transport will replace conventional SONET transport in current metropolitan area networks. Such networks will require new MAC protocols to efficiently share network bandwidth among multiple network nodes. This research project describes and evaluates a novel Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Idle Detection (CSMA/I...

This paper provides a preliminary analysis of the importance of metropolitan area government structure on socioeconomic inequality in approximately 70 metropolitan areas in the United States. This study particularly focuses on meaningful classification of metropolitan areas according to their government structure and its possible relationship to measures of inequality, such as the Gini coeffici...

The availability of regional road network, as an infrastructure for accommodating activities and interregional interactions has made the areas Demak Regency divided into several according to differences in dynamics their development process. All have transformed gradually with some different level each area. It is important understand transformation process district including This study aims ex...