Networking and Telecommunications: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications

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Networking and
Telecommunications:
Concepts, Methodologies,
Tools and Applications
Information Resources Management Association
USA
Volume I
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List of Contributors
Abdulhai, Baher \ Toronto Intelligent Transportation Systems Centre,
Dept. of Civil Engineering, Canada .............................................................................................632
Acevedo, Manuel \ International Development Cooperation, Argentina ........................................1091
Acimovic-Raspopovic, Vladanka S. \ University of Belgrade, Serbia .............................................706
Adams, Peter \ Charles Sturt University, Australia .........................................................................1018
Adomi, Esharenana E. \ Delta State University, Nigeria .................................................................729
Ahmed, Hazem \ University of Regina, Canada ...............................................................................632
Alba, Enrique \ Universidad de Málaga, Spain ................................................................................302
Al-Bahadili, Hussein \ The Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences, Jordan .................1648
Alsakini, Wafa \ TKK Helsinki University of Technology, Finland .................................................1323
AL-Suhail, Ghaida A. \ University of Basrah, Iraq.........................................................................1879
Amer, Ahmed \ Zagazig University, Egypt ........................................................................................632
Araújo, Tanya \ ISEG - Technical University of Lisbon (TULisbon), Portugal ..............................1728
Arunkumar, T. \ Vellore Institute of Technology, India .....................................................................487
Asokan, R. \ Kongu Engineering College, India ...............................................................................437
Bandyopadhyay, Somprakash \ Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India...........................820
Bantimaroudis, Philemon \ University of the Aegean, SOC/CI, Greece ..........................................892
Barcelo-Arroyo, Francisco \ Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain .......................................60
Barry, Michael \ University of Limerick, Ireland ............................................................................1538
Bednar, Deborah Hardy \ Chevron Texaco, USA ...........................................................................1297
Bejaoui, Tarek \ University of Carthage, Tunisia ....................................................................463, 1790
Bekkers, Rudi \ Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands .............................................235
Bellalta, Boris \ Network Technologies and Strategies (NeTS) Research Group,
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain ................................................................................................672
Bokor, László \ Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary ..............................1753
Bose, C. \ Jadavpur University, India ...............................................................................................1741
Bourdon, Gilles \ Orange Labs-France Telecom Group, France ....................................................1506
Brander, Scott \ Harvard University, USA ........................................................................................502
Bródka, Piotr \ Wrocław University of Technology, Poland ...........................................................1149
Brookshire, Robert G. \ University of South Carolina, USA ..........................................................1224
Brown III, Herbert F. \ Appalachian State University, USA ..........................................................1224
Bülbül, Kerem \ Sabancı University, Turkey ...................................................................................1677
Burn, Janice \ Edith Cowan University, Australia ....................................................................937, 947
Cacheda, Fidel \ University of A Coruña, Spain ...............................................................................531
Calinescu, Ani \ Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK .........................................................41
Camison, Cesar \ Universitat Jaume I, Spain .................................................................................1355
Cancela, Héctor \ Universidad de la República, Uruguay ................................................................302
Carneiro, Víctor \ University of A Coruña, Spain .............................................................................531
Chandra, A. \ N.I.T. Durgapur, India ...............................................................................................1741
Chen, Yifan \ University of Greenwich, UK ....................................................................................1437
Chen, Zhijia \ Tsinghua University, China ......................................................................................1896
Cheng, Jun \ Doshisha University, Japan..........................................................................................716
Chochliouros, Ioannis P. \ OTE S.A., General Directorate for Technology, Greece,
and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece .................................................................157, 608
Chochliouros, Stergios P. \ Independent Consultant, Greece ...........................................................157
Choi, Beomjin \ California State University - Sacramento, USA ......................................................849
Chroust, Gerhard \ J. Kepler University Linz, Austria .....................................................................121
Çiftlikli, Serkan \ Sabancı University, Turkey .................................................................................1677
Cooper, Mark N. \ Stanford Law School, USA ..................................................................................990
Cosquer, François J.N. \ Alcatel Lucent Enterprise, France ............................................................516
Cossiavelou, Vassiliki \ University of the Aegean, SOC/CI, Greece .................................................892
Crews, Tena B. \ University of South Carolina, USA ......................................................................1224
Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela \ Polytecnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal .........................202
Cunha, Maria Manuela \ Polytechnic Institute of Cávado
and Ave Higher School of Technology, Portugal ..........................................................................220
D., Anurag \ Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, India ...........................................................820
De Furio, Ivano \ AtosOrigin Italia S.p.A., Italy ...............................................................................279
De Rango, Floriano \ University of Calabria, Italy ........................................................................1488
Denia, Alba Puig \ Universitat Jaume I, Spain ................................................................................1355
Desai, Anand \ The Ohio State University, USA ..............................................................................1198
Devetsikiotis, Michael \ North Carolina State University, USA .......................................................410
Dhanalakshmi, R. \ IBM India Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, India ...............................................................487
Distaso, Walter \ Imperial College London, UK ...............................................................................258
Doverspike, Robert D. \ AT&T Labs Research, USA ........................................................................167
Dudás, István \ Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary ..............................1753
Efstathiou, Janet \ Oxford University Business School, UK ...............................................................41
EL Darieby, Mohamed \ University of Regina, Canada ...................................................................632
Erçetin, Özgür \ Sabancı University, Turkey ...................................................................................1677
Escudero-Garzás, J. Joaquín \ University Carlos III de Madrid, Spain ........................................1698
Etminan, Jalil (Joe) \ Rock Valley College, USA ............................................................................1945
Evans, Noel \ University of Ulster, UK ..............................................................................................661
Fazio, M. \ Università di Messina, Italy ...........................................................................................1930
Fierros, Ernesto \ Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education,
ITESM, Mexico ...........................................................................................................................1160
Formoso, Vreixo \ University of A Coruña, Spain .............................................................................531
Frattini, Giovanni \ AtosOrigin Italia S.p.A., Italy ...........................................................................279
Fraunholz, Bardo \ Deakin University, Australia .............................................................................771
Fuchß, Christoph \ Virtimo Webbased Applications, Germany ......................................................1569
Fuke, Hidenori \ Komazawa University, Japan ..............................................................................1812
Gall, Peter \ Edith Cowan University, Australia ........................................................................937, 947
Ganesh, K. \ Tata Consultancy Services Limited, India ....................................................................487
García-Armada, Ana \ University Carlos III de Madrid, Spain .....................................................1698
Gaynor, Mark \ Boston University, USA ...........................................................................................502
Ghanbari, Mohammed \ University of Essex, UK ..........................................................................1264
Gharaee, Hossein \ Tarbiat Modares University, Iran ....................................................................1945
Giudici, Francesco \ Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy ............................................................805
Godkin, Lynn \ Lamar University, USA ..........................................................................................1297
González-Benito, Óscar \ University of Salamanca, Spain ..............................................................227
Gordon, David \ University of Dallas, USA ..........................................................................................1
Görg, Carmelita \ University of Bremen, Germany ..........................................................................863
Granelli, Fabrizio \ DIT - University of Trento, Italy ........................................................................410
Green, David T. \ Governors State University, USA .......................................................................1427
Gu, Tao \ University of Southern Denmark, Denmark .....................................................................1714
Gullà, Vincenzo \ Advanced Digital Technologies (ADITECH SRL), Italy ...................................1913
Hacker, Kenneth L. \ New Mexico State University, USA ................................................................909
Hagenhoff, Svenja \ Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Germany ..........................................562
Halfawy, Mahmoud \ National Research Council NRC-CSIR, Canada ...........................................632
Hardy, Lawrence Harold \ Denver Public Schools, USA ...................................................................26
Harn, Lein \ University of Missouri at Kansas City, USA .................................................................395
Harno, Jarmo \ Helsinki University of Technology, Finland ..........................................................1385
Heijenk, Geert \ University of Twente, the Netherlands ..................................................................1595
Heikkinen, Mikko V. J. \ Helsinki University of Technology, Finland ...........................................1385
Heliotis, George A. \ Hellenic Telecommunications Organization, Greece ......................................608
Henten, Anders \ Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark .........................................................107
Hoanca, Bogdan \ University of Alaska Anchorage, USA ...............................................................1282
Hong, Xiaoyan \ Rice University, USA ............................................................................................1473
Hopper, Trevor \ University of Manchester, UK ...............................................................................736
Hüsig, Stefan \ University of Regensburg, Germany .......................................................................1409
Huovinen, Pekka \ TKK Helsinki University of Technology, Finland .............................................1323
Hyrkkänen, Ursula \ Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland ............................................1346
Igun, Stella E. \ Delta State University Library, Nigeria ..................................................................729
Imre, Sándor \ Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary ...............................1753
Ioannidis, Anthony \ Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece ............................89, 879
Janssen, Marijn \ Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands ..............................................1183
Jeffries, Michael \ The University of Tampa, USA ..........................................................................1378
Jiang, Tao \ Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China .............................................1437
Jiménez-Zarco, Ana Isabel \ Open University of Catalonia, Spain .................................................227
Johnston, Wesley J. \ Georgia State University, USA .....................................................................1034
Jones, Tom \ University of California - Berkeley, USA .....................................................................849
Julián, Beatriz Forés \ Universitat Jaume I, Spain .........................................................................1355
Kalogeraki, Vana \ University of California, Riverside, USA ...........................................................371
Kar, Dulal C. \ Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA ..........................................................1449
Karimi, Masoumeh \ Florida International University, USA .........................................................1520
Kaspar, Christian \ Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Germany ...........................................562
Kazienko, Przemysław \ Wrocław University of Technology, Poland and BT Innovate,
British Telecom Group, Intelligent Systems Research Centre (ISRC), UK ................................1149
Kennedy, Rodney A. \ The Australian National University, Australia ............................................1879
Kent, William \ University of Limerick, Ireland ..............................................................................1538
Kettunen, Juha \ Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland ...................................................1346
Khanbary, Lutfi Mohammed Omer \ Aden University, Yemen .....................................................1614
Kiiras, Juhani \ TKK Helsinki University of Technology, Finland ..................................................1323
Kim, Hak J. \ University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA .....................................................................571
Kim, Jun Ha \ Georgia Institute of Technology, USA .....................................................................1311
Kim, Moon-Soo \ Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea ......................................................545
Kind, Mario \ Deutsche Telekom, Germany ....................................................................................1385
Kitsios, Fotis C. \ Technical University of Crete, Greece ................................................................1831
Kliazovich, Dzmitry \ DIT - University of Trento, Italy ....................................................................410
Klus, Holger \ Institute of Computer Science - TU Clausthal, Germany ........................................1959
Kotlarsky, Julia \ University of Warwick, UK .................................................................................1337
Kritsotakis, Jiorgis \ Hellenic American University, Greece ..............................................................89
Kumar, K. R. Renjish \ Helsinki University of Technology, Finland .............................................1385
Labiod, Houda \ Institut Telecom-Telecom ParisTech, France .......................................................1506
Lalopoulos, George K. \ Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. (OTE), Greece .............157
Lapping, Thomas \ JDL Technologies, USA ...................................................................................1088
Larson, Ulf E. \ Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden ...........................................................647
Lattemann, Christoph \ University of Potsdam, Germany .............................................................1569
Lavrač, Nada \ Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia .................................................................................764
Le Grand, Olivier \ France Telecom Orange Labs, France .............................................................447
Lee, Doo Hwan \ The University of Tokyo, Japan ...........................................................................1661
Lemlouma, Tayeb \ Université de Rennes 1 IRISA, France ..............................................................447
Leng, Supeng \ University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China ........................1437
Li, Chen \ Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China .........................................1127
Li, Xi \ University of Bremen, Germany .............................................................................................863
Li, Yuanquan \ Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China .................................1127
Lin, Chuang \ Tsinghua University, China ......................................................................................1896
Liu, Fei \ University of Twente, the Netherlands ..............................................................................1595
Liu, Jun \ University of Alabama, USA ...........................................................................................1473
Lokshina, Izabella \ MMI, SUNY Oneonta, USA ............................................................................1631
Louçã, Francisco \ ISEG - Technical University of Lisbon (TULisbon), Portugal .........................1728
Low, Brian \ University of Western Sydney, Australia .....................................................................1034
Lupi, Paolo \ AGCOM, Italy ..............................................................................................................258
Macián, Carlos \ Network Technologies and Strategies (NeTS) Research Group,
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain ................................................................................................672
Major, Maria \ ISCTE – Business School, Portugal .........................................................................736
Makki, Kia \ Florida International University, USA .......................................................................1520
Malafronte, Gennaro Ciro \ Nokia Siemens Networks S.P.A, Italy ..................................................863
Mallouh, Arafat Abu \ The Hashemite University, Jordan .............................................................1648
Manenti, Fabio M. \ Università di Padova, Italy ..............................................................................258
Markou, Michael M. \ University of Cyprus, Cyprus .....................................................................1970
Martin-Escalona, Israel \ Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain ............................................60
Martínez-Ruiz, María Pilar \ University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain .........................................227
Mason, Shana M. \ New Mexico State University, USA ....................................................................909
Mathur, Meeta \ University of Rajasthan, India ...............................................................................976
McKinion, James M. \ USDA-ARS, USA ..........................................................................................834
McGrath, Sean \ University of Limerick, Ireland ............................................................................1538
Meisel, John B. \ Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, USA .....................................................73
Membarth, Richard \ University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany ..............................................590
Min, Geyong \ University of Bradford, UK .....................................................................................1896
Mladenić, Dunja \ Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia ............................................................................764
Mo, Zhaomin \ Florida International University, USA ...................................................................1520
Mock, Kenrick \ University of Alaska Anchorage, USA .................................................................1282
Monath, Thomas \ Deutsche Telekom, Germany ............................................................................1385
Morel, Benoit \ Carnegie Mellon University, USA ............................................................................571
Morgan, Eric L. \ New Mexico State University, USA ......................................................................909
Morikawa, Hiroyuki \ The University of Tokyo, Japan ..................................................................1661
Moustafa, Hassnaa \ Orange Labs-France Telecom Group, France ..............................................1506
Nabavi, Abdolreza \ Tarbiat Modares University, Iran ...................................................................1945
Nandhakumar, Joe \ University of Warwick, UK ............................................................................1242
Nasser, Nidal \ University of Guelph, Canada .........................................................................463, 1790
Natarajan, A.M. \ Kongu Engineering College, India ......................................................................437
Németh, Zoltán \ Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary ...........................1753
Nesmachnow, Sergio \ Universidad de la República, Uruguay ........................................................302
Ngo, Hung L. \ Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA .........................................................1449
Nicolajsen, Hanne Westh \ Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark .........................................107
Niebuhr, Dirk \ Institute of Computer Science - TU Clausthal, Germany ......................................1959
Nilsson, Dennis K. \ Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden ...................................................647
Ning, Huansheng \ Beihang University, China ...............................................................................1437
Nugent, John H. \ University of Dallas, USA ........................................................................................1
Obana, Sadao \ ATR Adaptive Communications Research Laboratories, Japan ............................1581
Odendaal, Nancy \ University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa .....................................................1051
Ohayon-Dekel, Annie \ Alcatel Lucent Enterprise, France ..............................................................516
Ohira, Takashi \ Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan ...........................................................716
Oikonomou, Kostas N. \ AT&T Labs Research, USA .......................................................................167
Oshri, Ilan \ Erasmus University, The Netherlands .........................................................................1337
Öztoprak, Figen \ Sabancı University, Turkey ................................................................................1677
Pagani, Elena \ Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy .....................................................................805
Panayiotou, Christos G. \ University of Cyprus, Cyprus ...............................................................1970
Papp, Raymond \ The University of Tampa, USA ...........................................................................1378
Parthiban, P. \ National Institute of Technology, India .....................................................................487
Passerini, Katia \ New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA ...........................................................1233
Pau, L-F \ Copenhagen Business School and Rotterdam School of Management, Denmark ............794
Pearce, Alan \ Information Age Economics, USA ..............................................................................502
Pelkonen, Tommi \ Satama Interactive and Helsinki School of Economics, Finland .......................751
Penhoat, Joel \ France Telecom Orange Labs, France .....................................................................447
Picovici, Dorel \ University of Limerick, Ireland .............................................................................1538
Pissinou, Niki \ Florida International University, USA ...................................................................1520
Post, Ken \ Alert Systems Inc., USA ...................................................................................................502
Powell, Steven R. \ California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, USA ...............................33, 956