This work introduces and proposes the concept of context aware programmable trackers for the next generation Internet. The proposed solution gives ground for the development of advanced applications based on the P2P paradigm and will foster collaborative efforts among several network entities (e.g. P2P applications and ISPs). The proposed concept of context aware programmable trackers allows th...

Since recent work shows that there exists long-term correlation in traac of both local and wide area networks, not only in traditional data traac but also in newly emerging video traac, it is likely that future Internet may have to support traac that has long-term correlation. It is therefore important to understand impact of traac correlation on network performance. This paper presents a solid...

This article considers selected mathematical models on the spectrum between local (microscopic) and global (macroscopic) extreme views. The classification is oriented to the large-scale property, which may not be ignored in designs of P2P systems for the today’s and future Internet. A local model exploits the knowledge directly available at a given node, leading to easy implementation. A global...

We observe that P2P traffic has peculiar characteristics as opposed to the other type of traffic such as web browsing and file transfer. Since they exploit swarm effect — a multitude of end points downloading the same content piece by piece nearly at the same time, thus, increasing the effectiveness of caching — the same pieces of data end up traversing the network over and over again within mo...

Recent advances in disruptive technologies, such as P2P content distribution, and research in high speed optical and wireless transmission and in the virtualization of systems have sparked fundamental discussions about how to design the future Internet: Is a cleanslate approach mandatory? Would an evolutionary process more appropriate? What kind of network and application features will drive th...

Real-time peer-to-peer (P2P) streaming video traffic will constitute a significant proportion of future Internet traffic. With the availability of WiMAX, a large number of these peers will be ubiquitous and located on WiMAX based mobile nodes across the Internet. This chapter proposed a framework for providing quality of service (QoS) to the overlay P2P network over a WiMAX infrastructure. The ...

IPTV, or Internet-Based TV broadcasting is going to significantly change the way people obtain information, get entertainment, and possibly collaborate with each other. Compared with today’s TV system, IPTV gives the viewers more choice as to what to watch and how to watch, and allows users to broadcast their own programs easily, thus “democratizing” information broadcasting. To realize the vis...

An important and fundamental issue in designing structured peer-to-peer networks is the tradeoff between the number of logical links and the number of hops. We present a flexible resource location protocol called K-Chord, for KC, which is based on the idea of proportional search. We conduct indepth study on KC. We show that KC achieves an excellent tradeoff between the number of logical links a...

This research compared ratings of task performance and contextual performance from three different sources: self, peer, and supervisor. Participants were service industry employees in the service industries in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. A Sample of 146 employees and 40 supervisors   from the service industries provided ratings of task performance and contextual performance. The results indicated th...

This study aimed at investigating the comparative effect of using self-assessment vs. peer-assessment on young EFL learners’ performance on selective and productive reading tasks. To do so, 56 young learners from among 70 students in four intact classes were selected based on their performance on the A1 Movers Test. Then, the participants were randomly divided into two groups, self-assessment a...