一种改进的基于HLR/VLR体系结构的终身号码方案

在PCS系统中，终身号码允许用户在改变运营商时保留其原有电话号码，本文提出的基于HLR/VLR体系结构Cache改进算法，能保证用户在多次改变运营商时，使用户实现真正的号码携带。在当前无线网络运营中，基于HLR/NLR体系结构位置管理的无线网络取得了极大成功，使得研究基于HLR/NLR体系结构的终身号码方案具有非常重要的现实意义。与原基于HLR／VLR位置管理Cache算法相比，本文算法的实现只需要软件升级和存储器扩容。随着软硬件技术的发展，使本文提出的方案具有较强的可行性。     

Internet Multicast Video Delivery

Internet video delivery has been motivating research in multicast routing, quality of service (QoS), and the service model of the Internet itself for the last 15 years. Multicast delivery has the potential to deliver a large amount of content that currently cannot be delivered through broadcast. IP and overlay multicast are two architectures proposed to provide multicast support. A large body of research has been done with IP multicast and QoS mechanisms for IP multicast since the late 1980s. In the past five years, overlay multicast research has gained momentum with a vision to accomplish ubiquitous multicast delivery that is efficient and scales in the dimensions of the number of groups, number of receivers, and number of senders. This work presents an overview of the issues facing both IP and overlay multicast and the approaches that researchers are taking to solve them. Many of these approaches take advantage of a rich interface, beyond a single rate video stream, between the coding and delivery mechanisms. The semantics of this interface is an important question for future research and we discuss this with insight from experience on delivery technologies.     

Use of a time-shared general-purpose file-handling system in hospital research

Techniques in automated data-handling for medical research and patient-care purposes are being investigated using a conversational timeshared computer system. This paper covers the initial design considerations, implementation experience, and user reaction with the prototype set of on-line, multiple-access, general-purpose information storage and retrieval programs. This system is designed to pemit hospital personnel (without the need for special assistance or any direct intervention by trained computer programmers) to define and establish private data files, to enter or change moderately large volumes of English text or coded data, and to retrieve and manipulate selected output information. Hospital staffs, from remote terminals, have been using this system on an operational basis for more than a year. The development and implementation of the system is being carried out by Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., and the Massachusetts General Hospital, under the support of the National Institutes of Health.     

An Overview of Some Technological/Health-Care System Implications of Seven Exploratory Broad-Band Communication Experiments

The utility of broad-band interactive two-way visual telecommunication has been assessed in a wide variety of healthcare delivery settings in seven exploratory projects funded by the Bureau of Health Services Research, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. These projects are briefly summarized and communication events are classified into five exhaustive but not matually exclusive categories: consultation, supervision, direct patient care (telemedicine), administration and management, and education and training. Technical and human factors to be considered in the design of a visual telecommunication system are identified. Tradeoffs available among them are discussed, such as resolution for remote controls and frame rate. The impact of visual telecommunication on the often competitive performance goals of the health-care system is discussed, e.g., random video consultations may simultaneously decrease physician productivity and patient inconvenience. The paper concludes by suggesting directions for future research and by noting that broad-band video is but one among many technological, organizational, manpower, and other options available to those who seek solutions to the problems of health-care delivery.     

RM-MAC: a reservation based multi-channel MAC protocol for wireless sensor networks

Convergecast is a general communication pattern of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in which sensed data is collected from outlying sensor nodes and is transmitted to a sink node. In this paper, we consider periodic convergecast, in which data packets are generated and transmitted repeatedly with a certain interval. To support the periodical packet delivery efficiently, we propose a reservation based multi-channel MAC protocol (RM-MAC) which employs a time reservation mechanism. Periodical packet delivery allows receiver nodes to recognize when the next packet is transmitted, which makes the nodes reserve the time for the next packet transmission. Consequently, our proposed mechanism can guarantee minimum delivery latency from source nodes to a sink node. Furthermore, RM-MAC provides a collision resolution mechanism which coordinates the reserved periodical transmissions among multiple sender nodes. It can prevent repeated collisions caused by the multiple-senders-single-receiver problem. We implement RM-MAC by using an ns-2 simulator to compare its performance with other protocols. The simulation results show that RM-MAC outperforms existing protocols in terms of energy efficiency and packet delivery latency.     

An overview of network virtualization and cloud network as a service

Cloud computing services delivery and consumption model is based on communication infrastructure (network). The network serves as a linkage between the end‐users consuming cloud services and the providers of data centers providing the cloud services. In addition, in large‐scale cloud data centers, tens of thousands of compute and storage nodes are connected by a data center network to deliver a single‐purpose cloud service. To this end, some questions could be raised, such as the following: How do network architectures affect cloud computing? How will network architecture evolve to support better cloud computing and cloud‐based service delivery? What is the network's role in reliability, performance, scalability, and security of cloud computing? Should the network be a dumb transport pipe or an intelligent stack that is cloud workload aware? This paper focuses on the networking aspect in cloud computing and shall provide insights to these questions. Researchers can use this paper to accelerate their research on devising mechanisms for the following: (i) provisioning cloud network as a service and (ii) engineering network of data centers. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Arrhythmia discrimination in implantable cardioverter defibrillators using support vector machines applied to a new representation of electrograms

Arrhythmia classification remains a major challenge for appropriate therapy delivery in implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). The purpose of this paper is to present a new algorithm for arrhythmia discrimination based on a statistical classification by support vector machines of a novel 2-D representation of electrograms (EGMs) named spatial projection of tachycardia (SPOT) EGMs. SPOT-based discrimination algorithm provided sensitivity and specificity of 98.8% and 91.3%, respectively, on a test database. A simplified version of the algorithm is also presented, which can be directly implemented in the ICD.     

Supporting multi-user real-time VBR video service using dynamic bandwidth management based on prediction

Real-time variable bit rate (VBR) video is expected to take a significant portion of multimedia applications. However, plentiful challenges to VBR video service provision have been raised for its characteristic of high traffic abruptness. To support multi-user real-time VBR video transmission with high bandwidth utilization and satisfied quality of service (QoS), this article proposes a practical dynamic bandwidth management scheme. This scheme forecasts future media rate of VBR video by employing time-domain adaptive linear predictor and using media delivery index (MDI) as both QoS measurement and complementary management reference. In addition, to support multi-user application, an adjustment priorities classified strategy is also put forward. Finally, a test-bed based on this management scheme is established. The experimental results demonstrate that the scheme proposed in this article is efficient with bandwidth utilization increased by 20%-60% compared to a fixed service rate and QoS guaranteed.     

Response time performance of a narrowband information broadcast system

This paper describes the architecture and performance analysis of a system using narrowband broadcasting channels for real-time information delivery. Broadcast delivery is attractive because a single transmission of a piece of information will satisfy all users waiting for that information. Therefore, the system may support an unlimited number of users with no effect on system response time. The main drawback of these types of systems compared with interactive systems is that a user must wait until the required information arrives. In order to reduce this waiting time, high data rate networks must be used if real-time information is to be broadcast. In this paper, a new method is proposed to enable inexpensive narrowband networks to be used.     

QoS-oriented packet scheduling scheme for opportunistic networks

The unique characteristics of opportunistic networks (ONs), such as intermittent connectivity and limited network resources, makes it difficult to support quality of service (QoS) provisioning, particularly to guarantee delivery ratio and delivery delay. In this paper, we propose a QoS-oriented packet scheduling scheme (QPSS) to make decisions for bundle transmissions to satisfy the needs for the delivery ratio and delivery delay constraints of bundles. Different from prior works, a novel bundle classification method based on the reliability and latency requirements is utilized to decide the traffic class of bundles. A scheduling algorithm of traffic class and bundle redundancy is used to maintain a forwarding and dropping priority queue and allocate network resources in QPSS. Simulation results indicate that our scheme not only achieves a higher overall delivery ratio but also obtains an approximate 14% increase in terms of the amount of eligible bundles.     

移动IP路由优化性能分析及仿真

因特网技术的普及,使得人们实现了网际通信和信息共享,但基于有线方式的Internet受到空间和时间的限制,无法满足用户随时随地能够接入因特网的要求,这成为研究移动主机路由协议的驱动力.移动IP是一种简单、可扩展的全球IP移动性的解决方案,但三角路由问题的存在带来了网络花费问题和性能问题.路由优化移动IP协议是解决移动IP相关问题的侯选协议之一.本文对两种协议进行了理论分析和仿真.结果表明,是否采用路由优化协议,不能一概而论,要根据网络及业务到达特征决定.另外,两种协议都不能很好地支持将来的微小区带来的频繁切换,而解决该问题就是我们下一步的研究方向.     

HVE-mobicast: a hierarchical-variant-egg-based mobicast routing protocol for wireless sensornets

In this paper, we propose a new mobicast routing protocol, called the HVE-mobicast (hierarchical-variant-egg-based mobicast) routing protocol, in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Existing protocols for a spatiotemporal variant of the multicast protocol called a “mobicast” were designed to support a forwarding zone that moves at a constant velocity, \(\stackrel{\rightarrow}{v}\), through sensornets. The spatiotemporal characteristic of a mobicast is to forward a mobicast message to all sensor nodes that are present at time t in some geographic zone (called the forwarding zone) Z, where both the location and shape of the forwarding zone are a function of time over some interval (t _start ,t _end ). Mobicast routing protocol aims to provide reliable and just-in-time message delivery for a mobile sink node. To consider the mobile entity with the different moving speed, a new mobicast routing protocol is investigated in this work by utilizing the cluster-based approach. The message delivery of nodes in the forwarding zone of the HVE-mobicast routing protocol is transmitted by two phases; cluster-to-cluster and cluster-to-node phases. In the cluster-to-cluster phase, the cluster-head and relay nodes are distributively notified to wake them up. In the cluster-to-node phase, all member nodes are then notified to wake up by cluster-head nodes according to the estimated arrival time of the delivery zone. The key contribution of the HVE-mobicast routing protocol is that it is more power efficient than existing mobicast routing protocols, especially by considering different moving speeds and directions. Finally, simulation results illustrate performance enhancements in message overhead, power consumption, needlessly woken-up nodes, and successful woken-up ratio, compared to existing mobicast routing protocols.     

The Citizen Health System (CHS): a modular medical contact center providing quality telemedicine services.

In the context of the Citizen Health System (CHS) project, a modular Medical Contact Center (MCC) was developed, which can be used in the monitoring, treatment, and management of chronically ill patients at home, such as diabetic or congestive heart failure patients. The virtue of the CHS contact center is that, using any type of communication and telematics technology, it is able to provide timely and preventive prompting to the patients, thus, achieving better disease management. In this paper, we present the structure of the CHS system, describing the modules that enable its flexible and extensible architecture. It is shown, through specific examples, how quality of healthcare delivery can be increased by using such a system.     

Hybrid fiber/coax in the public telecommunications infrastructure

The benefits of the hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) architecture for the delivery of interactive broadband services have been widely discussed in the past few years. The cable television industry began deployment of this infrastructure in 1989 to support the broadcast video business. Recently, domestic telephone companies have looked at various degrees of HFC implementation, ranging from the delivery of broadcast video only to full telephony integration. The article looks at the HFC network evolution from a broadcast, non-essential, isolated architecture to a robust, interactive, broadband element within the public telecommunications fabric. Regional networks, interface to the public network and network management systems are a few of the significant issues with respect to the viability of HFC as the access layer to the “information superhighway.” If the HFC platform proves viable, telephone companies will adapt it to meet their needs in a fully integrated system     

AMR:一个基于网络最大流的Ad-Hoc多路径路由算法

移动Ad-Hoc网路研究中,路由是一个关键问题.现有的Ad-Hoc路由算法大多为单路径算法.但是多路径方法可以更好地支持QoS,最近也受到较大关注.在没有精确的网络拓扑结构情况下,找出多条不相交路径是比较困难的.本文提出了一个基于网络最大流的Ad-Hoc多路径路由算法AMR(Aggregated multipath routing).该算法可以有效地找出多条节点不相交的路径,较大幅度地提高网络传输性能、减少网络拥塞.经过性能测试,表明AMR算法比DSR算法在数据传输率方面提高20%—60%,端对端平均延迟降低40%—60%.     

V2V protocols for traffic congestion discovery along routes of interest in VANETs: a quantitative study

One of the most interesting and promising challenges for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs) relates to the traffic congestion problem. Congestion is a relevant issue for transportation because it reduces the efficiency of infrastructure and increases travel time, air pollution, and fuel consumption. Nowadays, the most promising technology in support of ITSs is found in the domain of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs). In this paper, we propose three protocols that are able to transmit traffic information for routes of interest on VANETs without any Road Side Unit (RSU) support. The proposed protocols adopt strategies to improve the performance of packet routing based on the density and location of vehicles; moreover, they enable an interesting comparison of the performance achievable with either reactive or proactive approaches. The extensive performance results reported show how it is possible to limit the congestion monitoring overhead along Routes of Interest (ROIs), while maintaining a sufficiently high performance in terms of traffic reporting. This may be done by employing context‐aware data delivery techniques that autonomously adapt to runtime conditions. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Architecture, design, and modeling of the OPSnet asynchronous optical packet switching node

An all-optical packet-switched network supporting multiple services represents a long-term goal for network operators and service providers alike. The EPSRC-funded OPSnet project partnership addresses this issue from device through to network architecture perspectives with the key objective of the design, development, and demonstration of a fully operational asynchronous optical packet switch (OPS) suitable for 100 Gb/s dense-wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) operation. The OPS is built around a novel buffer and control architecture that has been shown to be highly flexible and to offer the promise of fair and consistent packet delivery at high load conditions with full support for quality of service (QoS) based on differentiated services over generalized multiprotocol label switching.     

Information modeling and handling for context-aware multimedia services

This article presents research challenges in wireless ad hoc networks supporting context-aware multimedia services from the point of view of different context-modeling approaches and a system architecture for context handling and delivery. Modeling techniques for context information are classified into six different categories and benchmarked according to their support with regard to 12 service requirements described in this work. One of these modeling techniques is used in the framework of a distributed context handling and delivery system that is also part of this article's contribution and a representative wireless ad hoc application scenario is presented. This end user scenario and many others are possible thanks to the flexibility and adaptability of the above mentioned context handling and delivery system     

具备云计算特性的业务交付平台及其关键技术研究

随着新技术的发展,传统的电信域业务交付平台(SDP)需要支持互联网、移动互联网和物联网等新环境下的应用交付。同时,云计算服务模式及其所涉及的关键技术也为SDP的构建方式及服务模式提出了新的发展思路。文章在分析云计算PaaS平台与SDP关系的基础上,提出了具备云计算特性的SDP解决方案及其功能框架,并对其中的关键技术进行了深入的分析和研究。     

电子元器件与系统可靠性保障的PHM新方法

电子元器件与系统是各种设备和系统中不可或缺的部分,其可靠性是整机系统可靠性的决定性因素。为实现系统状态的实时监控,提供失效预警,避免灾难性故障的发生,阐述了故障预兆与健全管理（PHM）用于电子元器件与系统可靠性预测的原理与方法,详细分析了预兆单元法、失效征兆监控法和寿命损耗检测法可行性。