Scheduling Algorithms for Packet-Oriented MAC Protocols in Wireless Multimedia Systems

Future generation wireless multimediacommunications will require efficient Medium AccessControl (MAC) protocols able to guarantee suitable Qualityof Service (QoS) levels for different traffic classes whileachieving a high utilization of radio resources. This paperproposes a new scheduling technique to be adopted at the MAClevel in wireless access systems, named Dynamic Scheduling-Time DivisionDuplexing (DS-TDD), that efficiently managesvideo, voice, Web and background traffics. A theoretical approachis proposed in this paper to evaluate the DS-TDD performance withvoice and Web traffics. Simulation results have permitted tohighlight the following promising characteristics of the DS-TDDscheme: (i) a high capacity of real-time traffics isattained with a QoS insensitive to Web and background trafficloads; (ii) a high throughput can be guaranteed whilepreserving the QoS levels of the different traffic classes;(iii) heavier downlink traffic loads do not modify the QoSof uplink traffics. Finally, extensive comparisons with differentscheduling schemes proposed in the literature have permitted tohighlight the better performanceof DS-TDD.     

在协议集成测试系统上开展路由协议测试

在分析路由协议的特性及其测试需求的基础上，提出利用窗口黑盒来描述被测协议，利用多通道测试方法扩展对被测实现的控制和观察，通过扩充参考实现增强系统的测试能力。将这些理论，技术应用于系统中，对路由协议开展了有效的测试活动，为国产高性能路由器的开发提供了有力的支持，也进一步增强了PITS系统的功能和适用性。     

Average consensus in networks of dynamic agents with switching topologies and multiple time-varying delays

In this paper, we discuss average consensus problem in undirected networks of dynamic agents with fixed and switching topologies as well as multiple time-varying communication delays. By employing a linear matrix inequality method, we prove that all the nodes in the network achieve average consensus asymptotically for appropriate communication delays if the network topology is connected. Particularly, several feasible linear matrix inequalities are established to determine the maximal allowable upper bound of time-varying communication delays. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness and the sharpness of the theoretical results.     

Experience with Applying Formal Methods to Protocol Specification and System Architecture

In the last three years or so we at Enterprise Platforms Group at Intel Corporation have been applying formal methods to various problems that arose during the process of defining platform architectures for Intel's processor families. In this paper we give an overview of some of the problems we have worked on, the results we have obtained, and the lessons we have learned. The last topic is addressed mainly from the perspective of platform architects.     

ID-based non-interactive zero-knowledge proof system based on one-out-of-two non-interactive oblivious transfer

In this paper, we propose an ID-based non-interactive zero-knowledge proof system based on the 1-out-of-2 noninteractive oblivious transfer protocol. This zero-knowledge proof system is secure against a newly discovered cheating attack.     

Signals,timers, and continuations for multithreaded user‐level protocols

Precise timing and asynchronous I/O are appealing features for many applications. Unix kernels provide such features on a per‐process basis, using signals to communicate asynchronous events to applications. Per‐process signals and timers are grossly inadequate for complex multithreaded applications that require per‐thread signals and timers that operate at finer granularity. To respond to this need, we present a scheme that integrates asynchronous (Unix) signals with user‐level threads, using the ARIADNE system as a platform. This is done with a view towards support for portable, multithreaded, and multiprotocol distributed applications, namely the CLAM (connectionless, lightweight, and multiway) communications library. In the same context, we propose the use of continuations as an efficient mechanism for reducing thread context‐switching and busy‐wait overheads in multithreaded protocols. Our proposal for integrating timers and signal‐handling mechanisms not only solves problems related to race conditions, but also offers an efficient and flexible interface for timing and signalling threads. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Locally random reductions: Improvements and applications

A (t, n)-locally random reduction maps a problem instancex into a set of problem instancesy ₁,...,y _n in such a way that it is easy to construct the answer tox from the answers toy ₁,...,y _n, and yet the distribution ont-element subsets ofy ₁,...,y _n depends only on |x|. In this paper we formalize such reductions and give improved methods for achieving them. Then we give a cryptographic application, showing a new way to prove in perfect zero knowledge that committed bitsx ₁,...,x _m satisfy some predicateQ. Unlike previous techniques for such perfect zero-knowledge proofs, ours uses an amount of communication that is bounded by a fixed polynomial inm, regardless of the computational complexity ofQ. These results were presented in preliminary form at the 10th Annual Crypto Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, August 1990. The work of D. Beaver was done at Harvard University, supported in part by NSF Grant CCR-870-4513. The work of J. Kilian was done at MIT and Harvard University, supported by an NSF postdoctoral fellowship.     

The Tenet experience and the design of protocols for integrated-services internetworks

The research done by the Tenet Group in multimedia networking has reached a point where it may be useful to reflect on the significance of its results for the current debate on how integrated-services internetworks should be designed. Such reflections constitute the main subject of this paper. The principles of the work and the conclusions reached so far by the Tenet researchers are discussed in the light of the conflict between the two major technologies being proposed to build future information infrastructures: namely, the Internet and the ATM technologies. The Tenet approach suggests one feasible way for resolving the conflict to the advantage of all the users of those infrastructures. This paper discusses various fundamental aspects of integrated-services network design: the choice of the service model, the type of charging policy to be adopted, and the selection of a suitable architecture.