Efficient multicast search under delay and bandwidth constraints

The issue of a multicast search for a group of users is discussed in this study. Given the condition that the search is over only after all the users in the group are found, this problem is called the Conference Call Search (CCS) problem. The goal is to design efficient CCS strategies under delay and bandwidth constraints. While the problem of tracking a single user has been addressed by many studies, to the best of our knowledge, this study is one of the first attempts to reduce the search cost for multiple users. Moreover, as oppose to the single user tracking, for which one can always reduce the expected search delay by increasing the expected search cost, for a multicast search the dependency between the delay and the search cost is more complicated, as demonstrated in this study. We identify the key factors affecting the search efficiency, and the dependency between them and the search delay. Our analysis shows that under tight bandwidth constraints, the CCS problem is NP-hard. We therefore propose a search method that is not optimal, but has a low computational complexity. In addition, the proposed strategy yields a low search delay as well as a low search cost. The performance of the proposed search strategy is superior to the implementation of an optimal single user search on a group of users. Amotz Bar-Noy received the B.Sc. degree in 1981 in Mathematics and Computer Science and the Ph.D. degree in 1987 in Computer Science, both from the Hebrew University, Israel. From October 1987 to September 1989 he was a post-doc fellow in Stanford University, California. From October 1989 to August 1996 he was a Research Staff Member with IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, New York. From February 1995 to September 2001 he was an associate Professor with the Electrical Engineering-Systems department of Tel Aviv University, Israel. From September 1999 to December 2001 he was with AT research labs in New Jersey. Since February 2002 he is a Professor with the Computer and Information Science Department of Brooklyn College - CUNY, Brooklyn New York. Zohar Naor received the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2000. Since 2003 he is with the University of Haifa, Israel. His areas of interests include wireless networks, resource management of computer networks, mobility, search strategies, and multiple access protocols.     

宽带无线移动通信网络优化及相关发展策略思考

在介绍宽带无线移动发展趋势所采用的新技术的基础上，论述了宽带无线移动通信网络优化及相关发展策略的一些问题。     

IPv6与欧洲

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移动IP综述

论述了移动IP的概念和发展过程，分析了国内外对移动IP研究的重点问题及其方法，对移动IP的发展方向进行了归纳和总结，并提出了有关用的问题。     

一种新颖的导弹起竖机构

一种新颖的导弹起竖机构，起竖油缸的上支点可以移动，能缩短起竖油缸的长度，改善起竖机构的受力，为快速起竖大型导弹探索了一条新途径。     

Factors influencing feature usage in work-related communication

Two studies are presented. The first aimed to identify possible barriers to the uptake and use of commonly available telephony features and to determine whether greater knowledge of features/access codes and availability of user manuals could increase feature usage under certain conditions. Results showed that feature-usage patterns were not affected by any of the manipulations, but that they were determined by specific job demands. Using Constantine and Lockwood's (1999) conceptualization of user roles, a method to support feature bundling decisions for specific target markets was developed and tested in the second study. The method - Strategic User Needs Analysis (SUNA) - was shown to yield a useful balance between high- and low-level information about selected roles. SUNA provided sufficient information to distinguish between PDA feature usage patterns of two similar target user groups as well as to suggest additional features each of the two target groups would find useful. The development of SUNA and observational findings of actual PDA usage are reported.     

广州地铁二号线民用移动通信工程简介

简单介绍了广州地铁二号线民用移动通信工程概况，并就地铁民用移动通信系统引入地铁的主要技术难点进行了论述。     

关于海面无线传播模型的探讨

现有文献中一般都认为海面环境的无线传播模型近似于自由空间传播模型，但在实际测试中发现，自由空间模型预测值与实测值差别较大，不能很好地解释此类环境的信号传播。笔者根据多次海面覆盖测试的数据，分析并拟合出了新的海面传播模型。     

宏蜂窝模型的传播模型校正研究

详细介绍了 宏蜂窝传播模 型校正的基本操作流程 结果分析及注意事项 对工程 ,人员了解和开展模型校正工作有一定的指导作用 。     

不断进取的AXE10

有近２０年历史的爱立信ＡＸＥ１０交换机在信息时代到来之际再放异彩，目前，它作为公共平台广泛应用于ＰＳＴＮ、ＩＳＤＮ、ＩＮ，ＰＬＭＮ、信令网和商务通信等。