This paper presents a HTTP based multimedia content streaming architecture able to provide large scale WebTV services to end users connected over several access network technologies. The architecture features smooth Rate Adaptation, context Personalization information (Channel Suggestions), fast program channel switching, Network Portability (Vertical Handover) and Terminal Portability capabili...

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fuel wood provides the main source of energy for cooking and space heating for over 80 percent of households living in kenya. the heavy reliance on the biomass energy has exerted an imbalance in demand and supply consequently resulting in adverse environmental effects in kenya. as part of innovation efforts, several energy-conserving technologies have been developed. a unique cook stove named m...

Network friendly media security refers to the security technologies that are specifically designed to cope with existing and future multimedia networking infrastructures International Journal of Enterprise Computing and Business Systems ISSN (Online) : 2230-8849 http://www.ijecbs.com Vol. 2 Issue 1 January 2012 and technologies so as to ease the deployment and maintain or improve the quality of...

Traditional QoS methods address speci c areas such as resource reservation or end-to-end transmission paths but lack a comprehensive approach and support for mobility. In this paper we propose the MASA QoS architecture designed to provide quality of service for mobile networking scenarios by using adaptive media and mobility technologies under a central framework. This uniting of technologies a...

Modern e-Government environments across the public sector have achieved significant interoperability and coherence but are now in front of the next leap forward, which is the adaptation of Web 2.0 technologies. This transition towards e-Government 2.0 will not only improve participation, transparency and integration but it will also speed up the pace of innovation through collaboration and cons...

Business Process Management (BPM) provides support for managing organizations’ processes and facilitates their adaptation to changing market conditions. Although various BPM solutions have been successfully applied in industry, there are still many open issues to be addressed, e.g., ensuring commitment of employees in process modelling and reengineering or enabling automation of business proces...

The success of genome sequencing projects has provided the basis for systematic analysis of protein function and has led to a shift from the description of single molecules to the characterization of complex samples. Such a task would not be possible without the provision of appropriate high-throughput technologies, such as protein microarray technology. In addition, the increasing number of sa...