The paper addresses the distributed path computation and rate allocation problems for video delivery over multipath networks. The streaming rate on each path is determined such that the end-to-end media distortion is minimized, when a media client aggregates packets received via multiple network channels to the streaming server. In common practical scenarios, it is, however, difficult for the s...

In resource marking theory, users adapt their rates according to their utility functions and congestion signals from the network. Using a special type of utility functions, this will lead to a proportionally fair rate allocation among the users. In this paper, we examine the ability of two proposed resource marking implementations to yield a proportionally fair rate allocation. We also propose ...

This paper explores a spectrally efficient, variable rate transmission scheme under a service outage constraint for a block fading channel model. The service outage constraint is motivated by real time variable rate applications. In a service outage, the transmission code rate is below a given basic rate and may in fact be zero. Unlike an information outage in the capacity versus outage problem...

The effect of the choice of control allocation scheme upon individual control effector rate demands is examined. Three previously reported and one new variation of control allocation schemes are described and compared. The new allocation scheme exploits the maximum attainable moment-rates of a given control effector configuration and is called moment rate allocation. The bases of comparison are...

To fully exploit the potential of a wideband CDMA-based mobile Internet computing system, an efficient algorithm is needed for judiciously performing rate allocation, so as to orchestrate and allocate bandwidth for voice services and high data rate applications. However, in existing standards (e.g., cdma2000), only a first-come-first-served equal sharing allocation algorithm is used, potentiall...

The Resource Allocation Working Party concluded that standardised mortality ratios are the best available indicators of geographical variations in morbidity. In this paper we give the results of a statistical analysis of the relationship between mortality and two indicators of morbidity, obtained from the 1971 census, for three age groups. The level of aggregation in the data is comparable with...

Basically all organisms can be classified as determinate growers if their growth stops or almost stops at maturation, or indeterminate growers if growth is still intense after maturation. Adult size for determinate growers is relatively well defined, whereas in indeterminate growers usually two measures are used: size at maturation and asymptotic size. The latter term is in fact not a direct me...

Rate allocation has become a demanding task in data networks as diversity in users and traffics proliferate. Most commonly used algorithm in end hosts is TCP. This is a loss based scheme therefore it exhibits oscillatory behavior which reduces network performance. Moreover, since the price for all sessions is based on the aggregate throughput, losses that are caused by TCP affect other sessions...