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QoS Mechanisms for the MAC Protocol of 802.11 WLANs

There are two essential ingredients in order for any telecommunications system to be able to provide Quality-of-Service QoS guarantees: Connection Admission Control CAC and service differentiation. In Wireless Local Area Networks WLANs, it is essential to carry out these functions at the MAC level. The IEEE 802.11e draft standard includes...

Tags: 802.11 Wireless LAN, IEEE 802.11, QoS, MAC, Service Differentiation, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking

White papers 2006-05-28

Admission Control and Service Differentiation Based QoS Provisioning for Mobile Ad Hoc Network

Service differentiation is the key to today's Internet QoS. However the assumption of static network topology and stability of links make the direct application of DiffServ in mobile ad hoc networks unfeasible. This paper presents admission control and service differentiation mechanism that works only in network layer and does not...

Tags: QoS, Admission, Mobile, Network, Routing Protocol, Service Differentiation, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, Marketing

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Proportional Delay Differentiation in Wireless LAN

Providing service differentiation in wireless networks has attracted much attention in recent research. Existing studies so far have focused on the design of MAC layer protocols to achieve distributed priority scheduling. While these works have been shown to achieve certain differentiation higher throughput or lower delay for higher priority packets...

Tags: WLAN, Service Differentiation, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Wireless LANs, Networking

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Additional Resources

Demand this from software vendors

I was getting a briefing last week from a software executive. We got to a point in the conversation where the discussion was focusing on existing products. I moved the conversation to a different space, though. If you're getting a pitch from a vendor, you should move the conversation, too!...

Tags: Software, Vendor, Customer, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Sales, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Slava Proxy Server 2.6 (Windows)

The product was developed for shared access to Internet for LAN users via one Internet connection. Folowing protocols are supported: HTTP/HTTPS, SOCKS (4,4a,5), FTP, FTP over HTTP, port mapping. The main functions of the SLAVA proxy-server are: 1. Access to web-sites by HTTP and HTTPS protocols with SSL support; 2....

Tags: Server, Proxy Server, SlavaSoftware, Internet, Remote Administration, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites

Software downloads 2009-09-25

Panasonic TC-P54G10

Photo gallery: Panasonic TC-P54G10For some people, a 50-inch HDTV just isn't big enough. Panasonic created its new 54-inch screen size, represented here by the TC-P54G10, for just those kinds of people. This set competes directly against the new 55-inch LCD size for your big-screen consideration, and occupies a...

Tags: Panasonic TC-P54G10, Panasonic, G10

Product reviews 2009-09-17

Successfactors: Execute, Execute, Execute!

Successfactors SFSF the Strategic Human Capital Management/people performance software as a service company I last wrote about in June, today expanded their scope to embrace 'Business Execution Software', which is now the strap line under their company logo. As Larry Dignan covered here...

Tags: Talent, Performance, SuccessFactors Inc., Talent Management, Business Alignment Category, Workforce Management, Performance Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-09-10

Not your father's tech school

Tech schools are more important than universities now.The entire economic system has been changed so much that a university education is almost pointless. A person seeking a "job" would usually be far better off with an 18 month targeted investment in a particular skill. And we all know...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, BS Degree, CTE, job

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Your Analyst Firm Pitch

(Question: Do you have anything new and interesting to say?) One of my old Marketing clients recently rang me up. They were prepping for a briefing call with an IT analyst firm. The lead Marketing exec wanted to run by me his thoughts for a presentation deck...

Tags: Analyst, Firm, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-08-27

When Collaboration is Literally Life or Death...

For those who think collaboration technology simply breaks down rigid command and control management hierarchies, consider the origins of the term: the military. The US military have had a significant online presence with various online forums for rank and file, commanders and other...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Network, Leader, Forum, CC, Case History, Software As A Service (SaaS), Collaboration, Groupware, Managed Hosting, Social Networking, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Cisco Live! - CEO Chambers on Collaboration Business Value

The above video clips from my handheld Flip are from John Chambers Cisco Live! keynote address today and are specifically two edits about Cisco's strategic perspective on collaboration and Web 2.0 technologies in the enterprise. In the second edit Chambers talks about Cisco's business architectural re-engineering...

Tags: Web, Collaboration, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Web 2.0, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-30

FCC reacts, starts looking into carrier-exclusive deal

FCC reacts, starts looking into carrier-exclusive dealConsider thisAt face value it would appear that the devices would be much more expensive if we did away with exclusive carrier / device relationships. 2 Things come to mind though. If a device maker is not in an exclusive deal with just one...

Tags: Smart phones, Federal government, Cellular phones, phone system, carrier, phone, FCC, smart phone

Discussion threads 2009-06-19

A cloud-based PIM kids will want to use

I lose everything. Most people who know me understand that giving me notes, papers, pens, etc., is a surefire way to get them lost. My wife won't even send me lunches packed in Tupperware anymore. I'll be lucky to find my lunch, let alone the Tupperware to bring...

Tags: Group, Student, Teacher, Built-in Calendar, School Town, Time Management, Internet, Corporate Communications, Handhelds, Productivity, Marketing, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-16

$99 iPhones Will Not Improve the Wireless Customer Experience

$99 iPhones Will Not Improve the Wireless Customer ExperiencePhone as a uniform data device NOT mobile providers' preferenceMobile phone companies prefer NOT to be treated as just a data ISP. Instead they have traditionally maintained false fragmentations, such as separate voice, SMS and lately data streams, when all can be...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Wireless Customer Experience, phone, wireless, carrier, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Microsoft study debunks profitability of the underground economy

Cybercrime, what cybercrime and millions of dollars in profits?! A newly released paper presented by Cormac Herley and Dinei Florencio at this year's  Workshop on the Economics of Information Security 2009 entitled "Nobody Sells Gold for the Price of Silver: Dishonesty, Uncertainty and the Underground Economy" debunks...

Tags: Web, Credit Card, Seller, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Cybercriminal, Economy, Cybercrime-as-a-Service, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Sales Channel, Viruses And Worms, Financial Services, Security, Sales, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Bartz: Bing isn't all that (and neither is a Microsoft search deal)

Bartz: Bing isn't all that and neither is a Microsoft search dealummmm ... LOLNa na na Nah na naaaaaaaaaa..... ;-pDidn't you also say that...[insert any random pimping of Microsoft here]?Oh wait, you're about zero on your predictions, so you calling Bing a "winning service" probably means it's bound for the...

Tags: SEARCH, Carol, Google Just, Bing, Bartz, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Search Deal, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-03

Email service provider: 'Hack into our CEO's email, win $10k'

A newly launched startup called StrongWebMail is aiming to add a new layer of secure authentication for its customers - phone verification prior to logging in and alert services for potential email compromises. The company is in fact so confident in its approach that it's currently offering...

Tags: Phone, Password, Spamming, Feature, Computer, CEO, Dancho, E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Hooray! Oracle acquisition of Sun makes perfect sense

Hooray! Oracle acquisition of Sun makes perfect senseYou said ..."Open source, too, may take a hit, as I don?t expect Unbreakable Linux to remain Oracle?s point on the OS arrow. Solaris will be the prime OS, meaning Oracle?s channel pipeline to Red Hat will shrink."As one WHO has a TON...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Linux, Corporate law, Sun Solaris, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., Oracle acquisition, Hooray, acquisition, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

When Health Care Law, Health Insurance Companies & Customers Don't Mix

My wife and I get our health insurance from Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, here in Virginia. Because my wife is a cancer survivor our insurance rates are exorbitant. Last year, we had a $500.00 deductible each and were paying more than $1600 a month for coverage that at...

Tags: Health Insurance, Insurance Company, Customer, Health Care, Insurance, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Finance, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-04-03

Where to for revenue recognition?

Fellow Irregulars Phil Wainewright and Jason Corsello are batting around the implementation services revenue recognition issue following Taleo's restatement of earnings. Phil uses it as a reason to take a sideways swipe at the on-premise vendors: I wonder what the impact on SAP, Oracle and Accenture’s financials would be...

Tags: Revenue, Taleo Corp., Phil, Revenue Recognition, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-03-25