NETWORKING 2011
10th International IFIP TC 6 Networking Conference, Valencia, Spain, May 9-13, 2011, Proceedings, Part II
Published on 27. April 2011
XXII, 381 pages
978-3-642-20798-3 (ISBN)
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The two-volume set LNCS 6640 and 6641 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International IFIP TC 6 Networking Conference held in Valencia, Spain, in May 2011. The 64 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 294 submissions. The papers feature innovative research in the areas of applications and services, next generation Internet, wireless and sensor networks, and network science. The second volume includes 28 papers organized in topical sections on peer-to-peer, pricing, resource allocation, resource allocation radio, resource allocation wireless, social networks, and TCP.
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NETWORKING 2011
10th International IFIP TC 6 Networking Conference, Valencia, Spain, May 9-13, 2011, Proceedings, Part II
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Content
- Title Page
- Welcome Message from the General Chairs
- Technical Program Chairs' Message
- Organization
- Table of Contents
- Peer-to-Peer
- UDP NAT and Firewall Puncturing in the Wild
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Terminology
- Implementation
- NAT Type Detection
- Filtering Behaviour Detection
- Results
- Market Share
- Connection Success Rate
- Timeout
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- References
- Enhancing Peer-to-Peer Traffic Locality through Selective Tracker Blocking
- Introduction
- Related Works
- Motivation: Problem of Peer Control
- Tracker Blocking Problem
- Problem Formulation
- Which Trackers Should Be Blocked?
- Evaluation
- Further Discussions
- Conclusions
- References
- Defending against Sybil Nodes in BitTorrent
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Assumptions and Threat Models
- Assumptions
- Threat Models
- GOLF Scheme and Locality Filtering
- GOLF Scheme
- Locality Filtering
- Evaluation and Discussion
- Experimental Setup
- Measurement Study with RedHat9
- Experimental Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- References
- Traffic Localization for DHT-Based BitTorrent Networks
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Background
- The Role of DHTs in the BitTorrent Network
- Methodology and Data Collection
- Data Analysis
- DHT Traffic Localization
- Overview
- Mainline Implementation
- Evaluation
- Methodology
- Results
- Conclusion and Future Work
- References
- Pricing
- BGP and Inter-AS Economic Relationships
- Introduction and Related Work
- BGP Data Gathering and Hygiene
- From BGP Lies to a Keen Tagging Algorithm
- Transient AS Paths
- Tagging Algorithm
- Results
- Conclusion
- References
- Network Non-neutrality Debate: An Economic Analysis
- Introduction
- Basic Model
- Revenue Models
- Problem Formulation
- Bargaining Game
- Price Competition of the Subscription Model
- Properties of Price Competition
- Bargaining of the Side Payment
- Price, QoS and Investment Settings of the Advertisement Model
- Properties of the Advertisement Mode
- Case Study
- Evaluation
- Conclusion and Future Work
- References
- Strategyproof Mechanisms for Content Delivery via Layered Multicast
- Introduction
- Previous Research
- Preliminaries
- The Social Welfare Maximization Problem
- Strategyproof Social Welfare Maximization
- Strategyproof Revenue Maximization
- Revenue-Maximizing Layer Prices
- A Randomized Revenue-Maximizing Mechanism
- Simulations
- Conclusion
- References
- A Flexible Auction Model for Virtual Private Networks
- Introduction
- Auction Model
- Allocation Rule
- Pricing Rule
- Model Properties
- Flexibility of the AM-VPN Auction Model
- Computational Efficiency
- Conclusions
- References
- Resource Allocation
- Collaboration between ISPs for Efficient Overlay Traffic Management
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Locality-Aware Mechanisms: BNS-BU
- Simulation Setup
- Collaborative BNS-BU Approaches
- Approach
- Experimental Evaluation
- Splitting of Chunks
- Approach
- Experimental Evaluation
- Conclusions and Further Work
- References
- Optimal Joint Call Admission Control with Vertical Handoff on Heterogeneous Networks
- Introduction
- System Description and Markov Model
- State Space
- System Metrics
- Vertical Handoff
- Optimization Problem
- Cost Function
- Solution Method
- Optimal Policy Analysis
- Blocking Function Optimization
- Throughput Optimization
- Result Analysis for Vertical Handoff MDPs
- Cost of the Vertical Handoff
- Markov Decision Process for VH Cost
- Results Analysis
- Conclusions
- References
- Balancing by PREFLEX: Congestion Aware Traffic Engineering
- Introduction
- PREFLEX Overview
- Loss Exposure
- Path Re-Feedback
- Balancing Congestion
- Model
- Understanding the Design Space
- Balancing between Conservative and Loss-Driven
- Tuning Update Interval
- Performance Analysis
- Methodology
- Varying Bottleneck Distribution
- Conclusions and Further Work
- References
- EFD: An Efficient Low-Overhead Scheduler
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Early Flow Discard
- Flow Management
- Buffer Management
- Performance Evaluation Set Up
- Network Topology
- Workload Generation
- Performance Evaluation
- Overhead of Flow State Keeping
- Mean Response Time
- Lock-Outs
- The Case of Multimedia Traffic
- Conclusion
- References
- Resource Allocation Radio
- Flexible Dynamic Spectrum Allocation in Cognitive Radio Networks Based on Game-Theoretical Mechanism Design
- Introduction
- Spectrum Sharing Model
- Spectrum Sharing Based on Mechanism Design
- A Deterministic Truthful Mechanism
- A Randomized Truthful Mechanism
- Fairness
- Credit Restriction and Redistribution
- Experimental Results and Discussion
- Conclusions
- References
- Channel Assignment and Access Protocols for Spectrum-Agile Networks with Single-Transceiver Radios
- Introduction
- Problem Formulation and Design Constraints
- Network Model
- Feasibility Constraints
- Problem Formulation
- Optimal Channel Assignment
- Proposed Algorithm
- Channel Access Protocol for Single-Hop CRNs
- Remarks and Design Variants
- Distributed Channel Assignment for Multi-hop CRNs
- Challenges
- Channel Assignment
- Channel Access Protocol
- Throughput Analysis
- Performance Evaluation
- Simulation Setup
- Single-Hop Network
- Multi-hop Network
- Conclusion
- References
- The Problem of Sensing Unused Cellular Spectrum
- Introduction
- Measurement Methodology
- Ground Truth on Primary Usage
- Power Sensing
- Estimation via Power Thresholds
- Power-Load Correlation
- Naive Threshold-Based Scheme
- Event Signatures
- Event Detection
- Discriminators of Initiation Signature
- Initiation Detectors
- Estimating Unused Capacity
- Towards Spatial Diversity
- Related Work
- Conclusions
- References
- Adaptive Transmission of Variable-Bit-Rate Video Streams to Mobile Devices
- Introduction
- Related Work
- System Model and Problem Statement
- Proposed Algorithm
- Overview
- Details
- Evaluation
- Testbed and Setup
- Results for Dropped Video Frames
- Results for Energy Saving
- Conclusions
- References
- Resource Allocation Wireless
- Multiscale Fairness and Its Application to Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks
- Introduction
- Resource Sharing Model and Fairness Definitions
- Fairness over Time: Instantaneous versus Long Term -Fairness
- Fairness over Time: T-scale a-Fairness
- Fairness over Different Time Scales: Multiscale Fairness
- Application to Spectrum Allocation in Fading Channels
- Conclusion and Future Research
- References
- Fast-Converging Scheduling and Routing Algorithms for WiMAX Mesh Networks
- Introduction
- Fair Scheduling Algorithm
- Overview: Scheduling in IEEE 802.16 Mesh Mode
- Scheduling Algorithm
- Maximal End-to-End Rate
- Mesh Scheduling
- Impact of Routing on Multi-channel WiMAX Mesh Networks
- Multiple Channel One Pass Routing
- Discussion
- Performance Evaluation
- Related Work
- Conclusions and Future Work
- References
- OFDMA Downlink Burst Allocation Mechanism for IEEE 802.16e Networks
- Introduction
- OFDMA Downlink Resource Allocation Problem
- DL Subframe Structure and Resource Allocation Restrictions
- Allocation Mechanism Design Factors
- Related Work
- Proposed Allocation Mechanism
- Performance Evaluation
- Metrics
- Simulation Results
- Conclusions
- References
- Adaptive On-The-Go Scheduling for End-to-End Delay Control in TDMA-Based Wireless Mesh Networks
- Introduction
- Network and System Models
- The Two-Stage Slot Allocation Mechanism
- Conflict-Free and Multi-Access slots
- The Slot Pre-allocation Scheme
- On-The-Go Scheduling Scheme
- Index Values and Transmission Slots Selection
- The Near-Body-First (NBF) Policy
- Congestion Control
- Drop Tail Policy
- Performance Evaluation
- Chain Topology
- Mesh Topology
- Conclusion and Discussion
- References
- Social Networks
- SMS: Collaborative Streaming in Mobile Social Networks
- Introduction
- System Architecture
- $SMS$: Detailed Design and Protocols
- Collaborative Streaming Design
- Practical Protocols
- Performance Evaluation
- Streaming Performance
- Power Consumption
- Related Work
- Concluding Remarks
- References
- Assessing the Effects of a Soft Cut-Off in the Twitter Social Network
- Introduction
- Empirical Measurements on the Twitter Social Network
- Modeling Restricted Growth Dynamics of OSNs
- The Model Proposed in [8]
- Extending the Model to Find Degree Distributions Analytically
- Values of Model Parameters Used for Experiments
- Validating Proposed Model with Simulated and Empirical Data
- Insights from the Model
- Effects of Restrictions on Degree Distributions
- Quantifying the Fraction of Users Blocked due to the Restriction
- Using the Proposed Framework to Design Restrictions
- Estimating the Population of Spammers in the OSN
- Conclusion
- References
- Characterising Aggregate Inter-contact Times in Heterogeneous Opportunistic Networks
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Analytical Model of Aggregate Inter-contact Times
- Preliminaries
- General Results
- Aggregated Inter-contact Times Emerging in Different Heterogeneous Networks
- Preview of the Main Results
- Exact Aggregate Inter-contact Times Distributions
- Asymptotic Behaviour of Aggregate Inter-contact Times Distributions
- Validation
- Conclusions
- References
- Are Friends Overrated? A Study for the Social Aggregator Digg.com
- Introduction
- Related Work
- The ``Digg" Data Collection
- Information Spread through the Network of Friends
- Self-organization of the Friendship Network
- Reaching Critical Momentum
- Promotion without Friendships
- The Criticality of Individuals
- Submitting Successful Stories
- Activation of the Social Network
- Early Predictors
- Beyond Pure Friend Relations
- Spread without Friends - A Matter of Timely Relevance
- Explaining Critical Mass through Temporal Alignment
- Conclusion
- References
- TCP
- Revisiting TCP Congestion Control Using Delay Gradients
- Introduction
- Background
- Using Network Delay for TCP Congestion Control
- Differentiating Congestion and Non-congestion Related Loss
- Delay-Gradient TCP Congestion Control
- Why Use Delay Gradient?
- Delay Gradient Signal
- Differentiating Congestion and Non-congestion Related Loss
- RTT Independent Backoff
- Congestion Window Progression
- Competing with Loss-Based CC
- Window Update on Packet Loss
- Experimental Analysis
- Tolerance to Non-congestion Related Losses
- Homogeneous Capacity Sharing
- Competing with NewReno
- Competition between Flows Having Different Base RTTs
- Further Work
- Conclusion
- References
- NF-TCP: A Network Friendly TCP Variant for Background Delay-Insensitive Applications
- Introduction
- Design Objectives
- NF-TCP Design
- Be Submissive to Standard TCP When Encountering Network Congestion
- Ability to Saturate Available Bandwidth as Fast as Possible in the Absence of Other TCP Flows
- Performance Evaluation
- Comparison with Other Approaches
- Fairness among NF-TCP Flows
- Candidate Flows with Multihop, Varying RTTs
- NF-TCP in the Presence of Standard TCP
- Related Work
- Summary
- References
- Impact of Queueing Delay Estimation Error on Equilibrium and Its Stability
- Introduction
- Related Work
- A DCA Protocol: FAST-TCP
- Analysis of The Ideal Case
- Learning the Queuing Delay
- Impact on the Equilibrium Point
- Impact on the Stability of the Equilibrium Point
- Measuring the Queuing Delay - Case Study
- Impact on the Equilibrium Point
- Impact on the Stability
- Conclusion
- References
- On the Uplink Performance of TCP in Multi-rate 802.11 WLANs
- Introduction
- Background
- TCP Performance in Multi-rate WLANs
- Performance of High-Speed TCPs
- Conclusive Remarks and Future Work
- References
- Author Index
