The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that alternative solutions to current methods exist for network storage. We would like to introduce one such alternative, a new protocol that we call HyperSCSI. This protocol is used for the transmission of Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) family of protocols across a network and multitechnology device support. In this paper, we will outline so...

Emerging applications mostly require both, high performance as well as support of a wide variety of communication services. For example, audio, video, and data transmission may require highly different services, e.g., guaranteed delay, jitter, or bandwidth. An additional challenge arises by the growing demand for multipoint communication services. ATM networks are capable of satisfying the basi...

This paper focuses on the economic desirability of the fixed and relatively short-term greenhouse gas targets and timetables in the Kyoto Protocol. The Protocol provides flexibility in which greenhouse gases to control, where control can be implemented, and what domestic policy measures are used. However, the Protocol does not allow much flexibility in when emission reductions take place in pur...

IP multicast has enabled a number of large-scale collaborative applications, several of which require reliability. However, no single reliable multicast (RM) transport protocol fits the requirements of all classes of applications and functions efficiently over all types of heterogeneous networks. In this paper, we propose a novel framework approach to RM protocol design that involves a generic ...

Many existing network protocols need to be adaptively configured for the prevailing network conditions. This paper presents a scalable and flexible network protocol configuration tool, the on-line simulation scheme. The optimal configuration of network protocols can be formulated as a black-box optimization problem where the network is considered as a black-box and its performance can be evalua...

BACKGROUND Although initial studies in poor responders using GnRH antagonists have reported encouraging results, they are limited in number, only a few of them are prospective, while the majority is characterized by limited power to detect a clinically important difference. METHODS A randomized controlled trial was performed in patients with one or more previous failed IVF cycles in which fiv...

Multicast routing, once dominated by a single routing protocol, is becoming increasingly diverse. It is generally agreed that at least three routing protocols, PIM, DVMRP, and CBT will be widely deployed and must interoperate. This signals a shift from the Mbone as one large domain to a collection of administrative domains where each domain selects its own multicast routing protocol. This paper...

BPEL with references to WSDL definitions BPEL WSDL Definitions Executable BPEL Automatic Transformation Legend: Manual Refinement Minimal Adaptor Fig. 7. Adding Adaptation to the BPELgold Model Chain Since adaptation of the interacting services is not addressed in the original model chain for BPELgold, we have extended the tool chain by adding minimal adaptors (gray box) which can be automatica...

ÐA heterogeneous distributed database environment integrates a set of autonomous database systems to provide global database functions. A flexible transaction approach has been proposed for the heterogeneous distributed database environments. In such an environment, flexible transactions can increase the failure resilience of global transactions by allowing alternate (but in some sense equivale...

The Private Network Node Interface (PNNI), standardized by the ATM Forum (see [1]), provides a flexible and scaleable routing architecture for ATM networks comprising a routing protocol and a signaling protocol. In PNNI networks PTSEs are used to distribute topology information through the network. This paper investigates the PTSE rate in PNNI nodes due to flooding. Beside theoretical results, ...