Wong Kar Yiu. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-111). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.ii / Acknowledgement --- p.iv / Table of Contents --- p.v / List of Figure --- p.vii / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.9 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.9 / Chapter 1.2 --- Background --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3 --- Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) --- p.15 / Chapter 1.4 --- Main contribution --- p.16 / Chapter 1.5 --- Thesis organization --- p.18 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Related Work --- p.19 / Chapter 2.1 --- Multicast routing in general --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2 --- Multicast routing techniques --- p.22 / Chapter 2.3 --- Best-effort multicast routing --- p.25 / Chapter 2.4 --- Quality-of-Service (QoS) multicast routing --- p.30 / Chapter 2.5 --- Adaptive multicast routing --- p.34 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Load-Sensitive Multicast Routing Protocol (LSMRP) --- p.37 / Chapter 3.1 --- Overview --- p.37 / Chapter 3.2 --- Problem Formulation --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3 --- Types of ant in LSMRP --- p.39 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Forward Ants --- p.39 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Random Ants --- p.41 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Backward Ants --- p.42 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Multicast Ants --- p.44 / Chapter 3.3.5 --- Multicast Backward Ants --- p.44 / Chapter 3.4 --- Global Algorithm --- p.47 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Pheromone trails stage --- p.50 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Multicast tree stage --- p.53 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Routing table --- p.56 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Messages Exchange and Mechanisms --- p.57 / Chapter 3.4.5 --- mapping --- p.58 / Chapter 3.4.6 --- Members join --- p.59 / Chapter 3.4.7 --- Members update --- p.59 / Chapter 3.4.8 --- Members leave --- p.61 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Analysis of LSMRP --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1 --- Analysis of pheromone trail values --- p.63 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Evaluation and Experimental Results --- p.80 / Chapter 5.1 --- System model --- p.80 / Chapter 5.2 --- Result --- p.84 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Packets received --- p.84 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Throughput --- p.86 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Packet Loss --- p.98 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Conclusion --- p.107 / Chapter 6.1 --- Future work/ open question --- p.107 / References --- p.109

Kong Chun Wai. / Thesis submitted in: July 2003. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53-54). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Contents / acknowledgement --- p.I / Abstract --- p.II / 摘要 --- p.III / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Related Works --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- Previous Work --- p.4 / Chapter 2.2 --- Comparison --- p.5 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- System Architecture --- p.7 / Chapter 3.1 --- Transmission Scheduling --- p.7 / Chapter 3.2 --- Admission Control --- p.9 / Chapter 3.3 --- Challenges in Supporting VBR-encoded Video --- p.10 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Priority Scheduling --- p.12 / Chapter 4.1 --- Static Channel Priority (SCP) --- p.13 / Chapter 4.2 --- Dynamic Channel Priority (DCP) --- p.16 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Turbo-Slice-and-Patch --- p.19 / Chapter 5.1 --- Video Pre-processing --- p.19 / Chapter 5.2 --- Bandwidth Allocation --- p.22 / Chapter 5.3 --- Three-Phase Patching --- p.23 / Chapter 5.4 --- Client Buffer Requirement --- p.27 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Playback Continuity --- p.30 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Performance Evaluation --- p.39 / Chapter 7.1 --- Average Latency --- p.40 / Chapter 7.2 --- Client Buffer Requirement --- p.43 / Chapter 7.3 --- Choice of Parameter Rcut --- p.44 / Chapter 7.4 --- Latency versus Arrival Rate --- p.46 / Chapter 7.5 --- Server Bandwidth Comparison --- p.48 / Chapter 7.6 --- Bandwidth Partitioning --- p.50 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Conclusions --- p.52 / Bibliography --- p.53

Liu Wing Chun. / Thesis submitted in: July 2003. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-57). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgement --- p.I / Abstract --- p.II / 摘要 --- p.III / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Related Works --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Fixed-Segment Fixed-Bandwidth Schemes --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Variable-Segment Fixed-Bandwidth Schemes --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- Fixed-Segment Variable-Bandwidth Schemes --- p.8 / Chapter 2.4 --- Variable-Segment Variable-Bandwidth Schemes --- p.9 / Chapter 2.5 --- Performance Bounds of Periodic Broadcastings --- p.10 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Consonant Broadcasting --- p.12 / Chapter 3.1 --- Type-I Channels --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2 --- Type-II Channels --- p.15 / Chapter 3.3 --- Client Buffer --- p.17 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Performance Evaluation --- p.19 / Chapter 4.1 --- Startup Latency versus Network Bandwidth --- p.20 / Chapter 4.2 --- Startup Latency versus Client Access Bandwidth --- p.22 / Chapter 4.3 --- Client Buffer Requirement --- p.24 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Grouped Consonant Broadcasting --- p.25 / Chapter 5.1 --- Bandwidth Partitioning and Reception Schedule --- p.26 / Chapter 5.2 --- Client Buffer Requirement --- p.28 / Chapter 5.3 --- Performance Tradeoffs --- p.30 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Implementation and Benchmarking --- p.34 / Chapter 6.1 --- Practical Issues --- p.35 / Chapter 6.2 --- Experimental Results --- p.36 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Dynamic Consonant Broadcasting --- p.39 / Chapter 7.1 --- Virtual Transmission Schedules --- p.40 / Chapter 7.2 --- Dynamic Broadcasting Schedules --- p.42 / Chapter 7.3 --- Performance Evaluation --- p.44 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Variable-bit-rate Video Streaming --- p.46 / Chapter 8.1 --- Transmission Schedules --- p.46 / Chapter 8.2 --- Playback Continuity --- p.48 / Chapter 8.3 --- Performance Evaluation --- p.50 / Chapter Chapter 9 --- Conclusions --- p.53 / Bibliography --- p.55

Wong Ying Wai. / Thesis submitted in: December 2003. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-66). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgement --- p.I / Abstract --- p.II / 摘要 --- p.III / Chapter Part I - --- Recursive Patching --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.2 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Transition Patching --- p.5 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Recursive Patching --- p.9 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Stream Assignment --- p.12 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Equal-Split Stream Assignment Scheme --- p.12 / Chapter 4.2 --- A Hierarchical Equal-Split Stream Assignment Scheme --- p.14 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Performance Evaluation --- p.16 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Conclusion --- p.18 / Bibliography --- p.19 / Chapter Part II - --- Interactive Multicast Video Streaming --- p.21 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.22 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Background --- p.25 / Chapter 2.1 --- Multicast Streaming Algorithms --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2 --- Interactive Playback Support --- p.30 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Interactive Multicast Streaming --- p.34 / Chapter 3.1 --- Interactivity Model --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2 --- Request Scheduling --- p.36 / Chapter 3.3 --- Client Buffer Management --- p.37 / Chapter 3.4 --- Performance Impact --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Static Full Stream Scheduling --- p.45 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Adaptive Full Stream Scheduling --- p.48 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Performance Evaluation --- p.52 / Chapter 6.1 --- Optimization of the Full Stream Threshold --- p.52 / Chapter 6.2 --- Latencies Comparisons --- p.57 / Chapter 6.3 --- Effect of Client Buffer Constraint --- p.58 / Chapter 6.4 --- Just-in-Time Simulation --- p.60 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusion --- p.63 / Bibliography --- p.64

An important objective of tactical ad hoc networks is to deliver threat information from sensors to shooters efficiently and quickly. The information sent to a particular shooter should contain warnings about threats that are within some distance and/or within some time of the shooter's current location. In this thesis we develop a novel multicast model that distributes this form of threat information in a message efficient manner. In addition, information about allied force can also be distributed in a similar way. We present results from extensive simulations that demonstrate the efficiency of our protocol and discuss the scalability of this model to larger networks. / Graduation date: 2001

Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science and M.S. in Electrical Engineering)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2004. / Thesis advisor(s): Su Wen, Jon Butler. Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-54). Also available online.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-79). Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 59-64). Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.

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Thesis (M.C.S.)--Carleton University, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-119). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.