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ANEMOS: An Autonomous NEtwork MOnitoring System

This paper describes the design and implementation of ANEMOS, an Autonomous NEtwork MOnitoring System. ANEMOS allows network operators and end-users to schedule, perform, and analyze active measurements on several network paths through a Web-based GUI. The measurements can be performed with "Off-the-shelf" tools, such as Ping. The current prototype measures...

Tags: Measurement, Network, Network Monitoring, University Of Delaware, ANEMOS, Networking, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2007-12-01

SCTP and TCP Variants: Congestion Control Under Multiple Losses

Inefficiency in the current specification of SCTP's congestion control is characterized, which degrades performance when there are multiple packet losses in a single window. An SCTP variant, called New-Reno SCTP is presented, which introduces three modifications. First, a Fast Recovery mechanism, similar to that of New-Reno TCP, is included to...

Tags: Congestion Control, Window, TCP, University Of Delaware, Construction, Tcp/Ip, Networking

White papers 2007-01-01

Dealing With Short TCP Flows: A Survey of Mice in Elephant Shoes

Short web transfers that dominate the Internet suffer from TCP's inadequate provisioning for short flows. This paper surveys ten proposals that attempt to solve one or more of the problems of short flows, and suggests general criteria to evaluate them. The proposals range from T/TCP in 1992 to RIO-PS in...

Tags: Mouse, TCP, Survey, Proposal, University Of Delaware, Tcp/Ip, Marketing Research, Networking, Marketing

White papers 2007-01-01

Congestion Control: SCTP Vs TCP

This paper characterizes an inefficiency in the current speciation of SCTP's congestion control, which degrades performance (more than necessary to be 'TCP-friendly') when there are multiple packet losses in a single window. It presents an SCTP variant, called New-Reno SCTP, which introduces three medications. First, a Fast Recovery mechanism, similar...

Tags: Congestion Control, Window, TCP, University Of Delaware, Tcp/Ip, Construction, Networking

White papers 2007-01-01

Additional Resources

A telescope in a cubic kilometer of ice

University of Delaware UD scientists and engineers are currently working at South Pole under very harsh conditions. This research team is one of the many other ones working on the construction of IceCube, the world's largest neutrino telescope in the Antarctic ice, far beneath the continent's snow-covered surface. When it...

Tags: Ice, Particle, Tank, IceCube, Digital Optical Module, Eiffel Tower, IceTop, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Team Management, Blogging, Internet, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-12-10

Small Business Success Story: How one company achieved fast and simple success with their customers by using Intelligent Information Transport Platform

Schalleur, Devine & Surgent SDS is a mid-sized Certified Public Accounting agency with over 30 employees comprised of CPAs, university professors and other certified professionals based in Devon, Pennsylvania. The company provides tax, accounting and business advisory services to over 1,500 individuals and businesses throughout the state of Pennsylvania...

Tags: Pennsylvania, Small Business, Certified Public Accountant, Taxes, Free Trade, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Accounting, Strategy, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Finance, Marketing, Management

Case studies 2008-10-01

Back to school special: Big thanks to our green tech kids

I have no children so I really can't appreciate the end of August, when the parents I know count down the hours until their offspring heads back to the classroom. But I do remember mourning the bittersweet end of summer in the northeast, when crickets chirp of a summer evening...

Tags: Green Technology, Canon Inc., Corporate Communications, Team Management, Marketing, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-21

News to know: Google Apps; Vista UAC; Microsoft Echoes; Comcast; Dell

Notable headlines: Garett Rogers: Google App Engine pricing a disappointment Ed Bott: Dear Microsoft: Please get UAC right this time Sunbelt Blog: Microsoft: What we got here is a failure to communicate Larry Dignan: Dell delivers: Is a...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Facebook, Dell Computer Corp., Comcast Corp., Vista UAC, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Service Bus, Telecom & Utilities, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-30

One company's fascination with hydrocarbons

My high-school chemistry team never prepared me for this sort of stuff. The folks at Global Resource probably despaired of me ever posting this item. But, frankly, it has taken me this long to stop my head from spinning so I could pull together some coherent thoughts about what they’re...

Tags: Microwave, Technology, Corn, Team Management, Network Technology, Management, Networking, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2007-11-30

Military kicks the tires of green technology

Writing at the GigaOM blog, Katie Fehrenbacher points to seven green technologies the military is pursuing. Powerfilm is working with the Army’s Natick Soldier Center to develop solar tents using the company’s thin amorphous silicon technology. DARPA has launched a BioFuels program to design bio-aviation fuel...

Tags: Fuel Cell, Green Technology, DARPA, Military, Powerfilm, Army, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-08-29

Photos: Unmanned vehicles take to air, land and sea

Unmanned vehicles allow military, researchers to explore dangerous areas without putting people in harm's way.Sleek robotic aircraft may have been the scene-stealers at this year''s Association for Unmanned Vehicles International AUVSI show, but land vehicles are also playing an important role in military operations. This ruggedized PackBot, made by iRobot,...

Tags: photograph, Unmanned Vehicle, helicopter, catapult, aircraft, iRobot Corp., BAE Systems Plc., Northrop Grumman Corp., researcher, MLB, zoom, Lockheed Martin Corp., U.S. Army, complement, camera, Mountain View, Iraq, robot, display, monitoring, government, image, Sony Corp., pho

Image galleries 2007-08-09

Next step in e-voting: printers that don't jam

The widespread use of e-voting machines yielded a backlash among voters. Most election officials have opted for system that include a paper audit trail, so voters can check that their votes were entered in the electronic machine as intended. But that solution is creating another low-tech glitch, AP reports...

Tags: e-voting, Elections, Government technology, paper, printer, State &, Local Govt

Blog posts 2006-12-21

IN: Machines fail, hours extended, court fights galore

In Indiana, voters are suffering serious difficulties at the polls. In Delaware County technical glitches in e-voting machines prevented voting in 75 precincts and a judge extended voting hours in the county until 8:40 local time. On a blog-like page on its website, the Indianapolis Star is posting...

Tags: E-voting, ballot, voter

Blog posts 2006-11-07

Contribute to the Election Day Bloggers' Legal Guide

From the Center for Citizen Media comes this call for questions in advance of the November 7 general elections:Lots of bloggers are planning to cover the 2006 general elections on November 7. But what are the legal issues that you need to understand? Such as: Can you be in...

Tags: Blogging, Legal Guide

Blog posts 2006-10-25

Universities rocked by data breaches

In what can only be called an epidemic of high-profile data security breaches, Ohio University has been hit five times since March 2005, leading to the breach of more than 300,000 student records. The latest theft reveals the precarious state of security at colleges, as institutions attempt to balance the...

Tags: Ohio University

Blog posts 2006-06-27

Best states to work in: Delaware, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Vermont

Delaware is the best state for workers in the United States, getting high marks for job opportunities, job quality and workplace fairness, according to Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, followed by New Hampshire, Minnesota, Vermont and Iowa. Louisiana ranked last, while Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi,...

Tags: Delaware

Blog posts 2005-10-26