Title Page

Introduction

Message from the General Chair (PDF)

pp. iii-iii

Committees (PDF)

pp. iv-iv

Message from the Program Committee Chairs (PDF)

pp. v-v

Steering Committee and Scientific Reviewers (PDF)

pp. vi-vii

Table of Contents (PDF)

pp. viii-xiii

SESSIONS on PERFORMANCE of WIRELESS/SENSOR NETWORKS

Dynamic Power Management with Scheduled Switching Modes in Wireless Sensor Networks (Abstract)

pp. 1-8

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A Turnover based Adaptive HELLO Protocol for Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (Abstract)

pp. 9-14

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Timestepped Stochastic Simulation of 802.11 WLANs (Abstract)

A. Vasan

A. Udaya Shankar

pp. 15-22

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Distance Reduction in Mobile Wireless Communication: Lower Bound Analysis and Practical Attainment (Abstract)

Y. Dong

pp. 23-30

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Evaluation of TCP Performance in MANETs using an Optimized Scalable Simulation Model (Abstract)

D. Triantafyllidou

K. Al Agha

pp. 31-37

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Improving Quality of Service in MAC 802.11 Layer (Abstract)

N. Sundareswaran

G. F. Riley

K. Boyd

pp. 38-45

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Measurement Based Physical Layer Modeling for Wireless Network Simulations (Abstract)

D. Reddy

G. Riley

pp. 46-53

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Modeling Interference in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks (Abstract)

R. M. de Moraes

F. P. de Arajo

pp. 54-59

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A Hierarchical Connected Dominating Set Based Clustering Algorithm for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (Abstract)

D. Cokuslu

K. Erciyes

pp. 60-66

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Design and Analysis of a WiMAX Mesh Based Cellular Radio Access Networks (Abstract)

M. Abdennebi

S. Tohme

pp. 67-72

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Performance Comparison of Error Compensation Techniques with Multipath Transmission in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (Abstract)

G. Gur

pp. 73-86

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Energy-Efficent TDMA Design Under Real-Time Constraints in Wireless Sensor Networks (Abstract)

N. Gollan

J. Schmitt

pp. 80-87

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Modeling of IEEE 802.11e Contention Free Bursting Scheme with Heterogeneous Stations (Abstract)

J. Hu

G. Min

M. E. Woodward

pp. 88-94

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Performance Analysis of Wireless MAC Protocols Using a Search Based Framework (Abstract)

pp. 95-102

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Multiobjective Analysis in Wireless Mesh Networks (Abstract)

C. Gomes

G. Huiban

pp. 103-108

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A Simulation Model for the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol: Delay/Throughput Evaluation of the GTS Mechanism (Abstract)

pp. 109-116

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Enhancing The Performance of Nonuniformly Deployed Sensor Network by Locating Bottleneck Areas for Partial Redeployment (Abstract)

R. Kosar

C. Ersoy

pp. 117-123

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SESSIONS on APPLICATIONS and TOOLS

Efficient External Table Reordering (Abstract)

W. A. Burkhard

pp. 124-131

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Web Proxy Caching Object Replacement: Frontier Analysis to Discover the Good-Enough Algorithms (Abstract)

pp. 132-137

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An Autonomic Admission Control Policy for Distributed Web Systems (Abstract)

pp. 138-144

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Modeling the Impact of Resource Sharing in Backfilling Policies using the Alvio Simulator (Abstract)

F. Guim

J. Corbalan J. Labarta

pp. 145-150

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Improving the Performance of Passive Network Monitoring Applications using Locality Buffering (Abstract)

pp. 151-157

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Pricing Broadband Internet Adaptive Services (Abstract)

pp. 158-165

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Design and Implementation of Flow-Level Simulator for Performance Evaluation of Large Scale Networks (Abstract)

R. Asai

pp. 166-172

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MDST: Multiprocessor DSP Simulation Toolkit for Voice Processing Applications (Abstract)

N. Sedaghati-Mokhtari

M. N. Bojnordi

S. M. Fakhraie

pp. 173-178

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Queue Length Distribution and Loss probability of Generalized Processor Sharing Systems under Multi-Class Self-Similar Traffic (Abstract)

SESSION on COMPUTER SYSTEMS

X. Jin

G. Min

pp. 179-185

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Adaptive Sampling for Efficient MPSoC Architecture Simulation (Abstract)

M. Tawk

K. Z. Ibrahim

S. Niar

pp. 186-192

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On Strategies for Dynamic Resource Management in Virtualized Server Environments (Abstract)

A. Kochut

K. Beaty

pp. 193-200

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SESSION on PERFORMANCE and METHODOLOGY

PerfCenter: A Methodology and Tool for Performance Analysis of Application Hosting Centers (Abstract)

V. Apte

pp. 201-208

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Network Performance Analysis based on Histogram Workload Models (Abstract)

E. Hernandez-Orallo

J. Vila-Carbo

pp. 209-216

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Queuing Behavior and Packet Delays in Network Processor Systems (Abstract)

J. Fu

O. Hagsand

G. Karlsson

pp. 217-224

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Approximate Solution of Multiclass Queuing Networks with Region Constraints (Abstract)

pp. 225-230

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Reducing Performance Evaluation Sensitivity and Variability by Input Shaking (Abstract)

pp. 231-237

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Practical and Accurate Throughput Analysis with the Cyclo Static Dataflow Model (Abstract)

pp. 238-245

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PSOS: A Novel Protocol Simulation Platform for Satellite Networks (Abstract)

Q. Zou

pp. 246-251

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Performance Evaluation of a Commercial Application, Trade, in Scale-out Environments (Abstract)

P. Dube

H. Yu

Li Zhang

J. E. Moreira

pp. 252-259

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Joint-State Modeling for Open Queuing Networks with Breakdowns, Repairs and Finite Buffers (Abstract)

R. Chakka

E. Ever

O. Gemikonakli

pp. 260-266

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Wireless Multicast Support for the NS-2 Emulation Environment (Abstract)

S. Penz

pp. 267-273

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SESSION on PARALLEL and DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

Uncovering the Effect of System Performance on User Behavior from Traces of Parallel Systems (Abstract)

E. Shmueli

D. G. Feitelson

pp. 274-280

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Nine months in the life of EGEE: a look from the South (Abstract)

pp. 281-287

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Trend-based Load Balancer for a Multi-tier Distributed System (Abstract)

A. Mauro

C. Sara

C. Michele

pp. 288-294

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Client Side Estimation of a Remote Service Execution (Abstract)

pp. 295-302

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SESSION on COMPUTER NETWORKS

Improving the Efficiency of Spam Filtering through Cache Architecture (Abstract)

pp. 303-309

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A Machine Learning Approach for Efficient Traffic Classification (Abstract)

W. Li

A. W. Moore

pp. 310-317

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Search Enhanced by Distributed Semantic Clustering in Gnutella-like P2P Systems (Abstract)

X. Yang

Y. Hu

pp. 318-324

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Load Distribution for Telecommunications Networks Using Revenue Management (Abstract)

G. Zachariadis

J. A. Barria

pp. 325-330

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Model-free Adaptive Hysteresis for Dynamic Bandwidth Reservation (Abstract)

N. Akar

pp. 331-336

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PEPA Analysis of MAP Effects in Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 (Abstract)

H. Wang

D. Laurenson

J. Hillston

pp. 337-342

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Can Routing Oscillations be Good? The Benefits of Route-switching in Self-aware Networks (Abstract)

E. Gelenbe

M. Gellman

pp. 343-352

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On the Asymptotic Analysis of Packet Aggregation Systems (Abstract)

J. H. Hong

K. Sohraby

pp. 353-359

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On Markov Chain Modelling of Asynchronous Optical CSMA/CA Protocol (Abstract)

D. Popa

J. Tomasik

pp. 360-365

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Distributed Dynamic Replica Placement and Request Redirection in Content Delivery Networks (Abstract)

pp. 366-373

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Stochastic Bounds Applied to the End to End QoS in Communication Systems (Abstract)

pp. 374-380

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A Novel Flow Control Scheme for Best Effort Traffic in NoC Based on Source Rate Utility Maximization (Abstract)

pp. 381-386

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Analysis of Core-Assisted Routing in Opportunistic Networks (Abstract)

M. Abdulla

R. Simon

pp. 387-394

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An Analytical Model for Torus Networks in the Presence of Hot-Spot Traffic with Batch Arrivals (Abstract)

Y. Wu

G. Min

M. Ould-Khaoua

H. Yin

pp. 395-401

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SESSION on STORAGE SYSTEMS

Reducing Hybrid Disk Write Latency with Flash-Backed I/O Requests (Abstract)

T. Bisson

S. A. Brandt

pp. 402-409

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Shedding Light in the Black-Box : Structural Modeling of Modern Disk Drives (Abstract)

pp. 410-417

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SESSION on OPTICAL NETWORKS

Mathematical Analysis of Delay Line to Wavelength Allocation Algorithmsin Optical Networks (Abstract)

pp. 418-423

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Average Network Blocking Probabilities for TDM WDM Optical Networks with OTSIs and without WC (Abstract)

pp. 424-431

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LOCOMOTIVE: A Hybrid Access Protocol for Bus-Based Passive Optical Networks (Abstract)

D. Popa

pp. 432-436

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Efficient Simulation of Optical Ring Networks with Intermittent Transceiver Faults (Abstract)

P. E. Heegaard

W. Sandmann

pp. 437-443

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Author Index

Author Index (PDF)

pp. 444-445