Overview

The Internet has had a profound effect on computing and society. Research efforts have tended to focus mostly on technical aspects of Internet development. This title focuses on both the technical aspects of Internet applications as well as economic and social aspects. It describes up-to-date research in several areas of Internet applications including: mobility; multimedia; quality of service; voice over IP; wireless access; and Internet societal impact.

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Author:   Wojciech Cellary ,  Arun Iyengar
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2002 ed.
Volume:   104
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.000kg
ISBN:  

9781402072314

ISBN 10:   1402072317
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   31 October 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Session: Multimedia.- Assessment of Quality of Speech Transmitted over IP Networks.- Improving Video Server Scalability with Virtual Video File System Concept.- A Network-Driven Architecture for the Multicast Delivery of Layered Video and a Comparative Study.- Building Dynamic User Interfaces of Virtual Reality Applications with X-VRML.- Session: Analysis and Modeling.- Some Approaches to Solve a Web Replica Location Problem in MPLS Networks.- An Exact Algorithm for Host Allocation, Capacity and Flow Assignment Problem in WAN.- A Diffusion Approximation Model of Web Servers.- Interface Model in Adaptive Web-based System.- Session: Quality of Service.- SRAMT-S: A Hybrid Sender and Receiver-Based Adaptation Scheme for TCP Friendly Multicast Transmission Using Simulcast Approach.- A New Method of Predictive-substitutional Data Compression.- Priority Forcing Scheme: A New Strategy for Getting Better than Best Effort Service in IP-based Network.- Session: Internet Societal Impact.- Towards a New Societal Environment? Cultural Impact of the Internet Technology (invited paper).- E-commerce and the Media — Influences on Security Risk Perceptions.- Measuring Internet Diffusion in Italy.- Session: Mobility.- Mobile Society, Technology, and Culture (invited paper).- iMobile ME — A Lightweight Mobile Service Platform for Peer-to-Peer Mobile Computing (invited paper).- Wireless Access to the Internet.- Implementation of Virtual Medical Devices in Internet and Wireless Cellular Networks.- Session: Applications and Languages.- Supporting Software Process Tracking Through the Internet (invited paper).- Cooperative Tools for Remote Learning.- Query Formulation and Evaluation of XML Databases.- Entish: A Simple Language for Web Service Description and Composition.

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