Layered Video and Differentiated Coding for Adaptive QoS in Mixed Wired-Satellite Networks

Mobile networks are becoming nothing but a way to allow ubiquitous access to multimedia services. To allow efficient use of resources, new systems provide flexible bandwidth and different error protection techniques to match channel behavior. As the backbone network is increasingly becoming based on packet techniques and in particular on IP and related transport protocols, end to end service quality must be analyzed considering both the fixed and the mobile part. Source scalability may help in coping with a mixed and heterogeneous environment. In this work we present some results of a transmission chain comprising a scalable MPEG-2 coder, an IP network and a radio access exploiting the availability of satellites. It is shown that for a given target rate, differentiated coding can be exploited to achieve decodability and good quality at a channel SNR much lower that single layer streams. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

On Striping Traffic over Multiple IEEE 802.11(b) Wireless Channels

Due to interference, path loss, multipath fading, background noise, and many other factors, wireless communication normally cannot provide a wireless link with both a high data rate and a long transmission range. To address this problem, striping network traffic in parallel over multiple lower-data-rate but longer-transmission-range wireless channels may be used. In this paper, we propose a new striping method and evaluate its performances over multiple IEEE 802.11(b) channels under various conditions. Our extensive simulation results show that this method is quite effective for such an application. S.Y. Wang is an Associate Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He received his Master and Ph.D. degree in computer science from Harvard University in 1997 and 1999, respectively. His research interests include wireless networks, Internet technologies, network simulations, and operating systems. He is the author of the NCTUns 2.0 network simulator and emulator, which is being widely used by network and communication researchers. More information about the tool is available at http://NSL.csie.nctu.edu.tw/nctuns.html. C.H. Hwang received his master degree in computer science from NCTU in 2002 and currently is working for a network company. C.L. Chou currently is a third-year Ph.D. student at the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chiao TungUniversity (NCTU), Taiwan. He received his master degree in computer science from NCTU in 2002.     

The Role of Network Topologies in the Optical Core of IP-over-WDM Networks with Static Wavelength Routing

In this paper, we present a performance analysis of network topologies for the optical core of IP-over-WDM networks with static wavelength routing. The performance analysis is focused on regular degree four topologies, and, for comparison purposes, degree three topologies are also considered. It is shown that the increase of the nodal degree from three (degree three topology with smallest diameter) to four (degree four topology with smallest diameter) improves the network performance if a larger number of wavelengths per link is available. However, the influence of wavelength interchange on the nodal degree gain is small. The performance of regular degree four topologies with smallest diameter is also compared with the performance of mesh–torus topologies (which are also degree four topologies), and it is shown that the blocking probability of degree four topologies with smallest diameter is about two orders of magnitude lower than the blocking probability of mesh–torus topologies. It is also presented a performance comparison of WDM-based networks with nodal degrees ranging from two to five and it is shown that the increase of the nodal degree from two to three leads to high nodal degree gains, while de increase of the nodal degree from four to five leads to low nodal degree gains. These results show that degree three and degree four topologies are very attractive for use in the optical core of IP-over-WDM networks.     

Research on the Handover of a Novel Cellular Architecture in Wireless Personal Communication Systems

1　IntroductionHandoverbetweencellsisplayinganimportantroleincellularcommunicationsystems[1～ 1 2 ] .Thehandoverprocedureanditseffectivenessareseriouslylimitedbythecellulararchitectureasaresultofmar ketplanning .Basedonthehexagonalcellulararchi tecture,manyhandoverprocedureshavebeendis cussedandevaluated ,andmostoftheimprovementproposedonthemleadstotheintroductionofsector ingcellularorlayeredcellularmodel.Otherwise ,abetterhandoverprocedureisessentialinmaintainingacallinprogressbutitreflectshi…     

TEMIC射频卡的速率自适应读卡算法

提出种基于TEMIC射频卡Manchester编码的速率自适应读卡算法,并对该算法进行了说明和示例。     

Implementation of multipoint connections in an ATM switching network

This paper presents the problems in the implementation of multipoint connections at switching level using the example of an ATM switching network. By choosing the proper routeing mechanism and the appropriate architecture of the switching element, a switching network can gradually be adapted to an increasing share of multipoint traffic. The first section describes the problems with the handling of multipoint connections within a multiple stage connection oriented switching network. In particular this refers to the routeing of the cells through the switching network. Several alternatives on this issue are discussed. Both, the selected approach based on a differentiated self-routeing mechanism and the corresponding cell format are introduced. In the second part of this article several switch architectures are compared in respect of their multipoint capability. It is demonstrated that at present the most promising solution are switching elements based on the principle of central buffering. A single chip solution using this concept is employed in the presented switching network.     

桌域网及其新技术的研究

桌域网是一种适合于多媒体业务需要的小型ATM网 ,是对传统计算机网络的体系结构的一种补充。本文介绍了设计桌域网的基本策略 ,讨论了它的设计目标和特性 ,给出了桌域网的体系结构、网络接入设备及其性能 ,最后提出研究桌域网的几点建议。     

集群系统与公用网互连的仿真模型和模拟算法

在讨论ＭＰＴ１３２７信令的集群移动通信系统与国内Ｎｏ．７信令的ＰＳＴＮ网间互连，帝现两种信令配合中，研究了集群系统的仿真模型和模拟算法，同时模拟出整个集群系统的工作情况，运行结果证实了所提方案的可行性与准确性。     

混沌光学系统的前向神经网络系统辨识研究

为解决混沌光学系统自适应控制所需之控制参考动力学模型问题，以布拉格声光混沌系统的系统辨识为例．研究了利用前向神经网络对混沌光学系统进行系统辩识的可行性。计算机仿真实验发现．在静态ＢＰ算法支持下一结构十分简单的三层ＢＰ前向神经网络（１：４：１）即可在一定的精度范围内完成对布拉格声光混沌系统的系统辨识．此结果表明．三层前向ＢＰ神经网络在静态ＢＰ算法的支持下确是一良好的混沌光学系统辨识器，因而可用来处理混沌光学时间序列以进行混沌光学系统的动力学重构。     

ATM技术在校园网中的实时性应用

讨论了ＡＴＭ论坛关于局域网仿真技术的基本思想及其协议体系的工作过程，并介绍了利用局域网仿真技术在校园网中应用ＡＴＭ技术实现视频传输的方法。