Manuscript received on March 08, 1999. This work was supported in part by CAPES – Brasilia, Brazil. The authors are with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, 33431-0991, USA (e-mail:[email protected]; [email protected]). Abstract  One of the weaknesses of most Web-based distance education systems is the lack of adequate, synchro...

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An ad hoc network is a collection of mobile nodes using wireless network interfaces to communicate among themselves, discovering and routing along possibly multihop routes to each other without the assistance of fixed infrastructure. In this paper, we describe the design and demonstration of a set of simple routing protocol mechanisms that substantially improve the transmission of real-time mul...

This study involves three dimensions: distance language education (DLE) as the context, videoconferencing as the technology, and the provision of synchronous oral and visual interaction in DLE as the core research problem. This article follows on this author's previous research in regard to the inclusion of oral and visual interaction in distance language learning through the use of Internet-ba...

This paper recognises that good communication and interaction are key factors to the success of a simulation project and suggests that groupware technology can increase the chances of success. To underline this, the paper reviews the process of simulation to illustrate the amount of communication and interaction that must take place during a simulation project. The paper then discusses computer...

There are a variety of intermediate devices in the Internet today that require application intelligence for their operation. Datagrams pertaining to real-time streaming applications such as SIP and H.323 and peer-to-peer applications such as Napster and NetMeeting cannot be identified by merely examining packet headers. Middleboxes implementing Firewall and Network Address Translator services t...

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