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Networking and Telecommunications: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications Information Resources Management Association USA Volume I InformatIon scIence reference Hershey • New York Director of Editorial Content: Kristin Klinger Director of Book Publications: Julia Mosemann Acquisitions Editor: Lindsay Johnston Development Editor: Julia Mosemann Publishing Assistant: Michael Brehm Typesetters: Michael Brehm, Carole Coulson, Devvin Earnest, Christopher Hrobak, Ricardo Mendoza, Kurt Smith, Jamie Snavely, Susan Timperio, Sean Woznicki, Deanna Zombro Production Editor: Jamie Snavely Cover Design: Lisa Tosheff Printed at: Yurchak Printing Inc. Published in the United States of America by Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global) 701 E. Chocolate Avenue Hershey PA 17033 Tel: 717-533-8845 Fax: 717-533-8661 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.igi-global.com/reference and in the United Kingdom by Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global) 3 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8LU Tel: 44 20 7240 0856 Fax: 44 20 7379 0609 Web site: http://www.eurospanbookstore.com Copyright © 2010 by IGI Global. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or distributed in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without written permission from the publisher. Product or company names used in this set are for identification purposes only. Inclusion of the names of the products or companies does not indicate a claim of ownership by IGI Global of the trademark or registered trademark. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Networking and telecommunications : concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications / Information Resources Management Association, editor. v. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: "This multiple-volume publications exhibits the most up-to-date collection of research results and recent discoveries in the transfer of knowledge access across the globe"--Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-1-60566-986-1 (hardcover) -- ISBN 978-1-60566-987-8 (ebook) 1. Computer networks. 2. Telecommunication. I. Informa- tion Resources Management Association. TK5105.5.N466864 2010 384--dc22 2009054113 British Cataloguing in Publication Data A Cataloguing in Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. All work contributed to this book set is original material. The views expressed in this book are those of the authors, but not necessarily of the publisher. Editor-in-Chief Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, DBA Editor-in-Chief Contemporary Research in Information Science and Technology, Book Series Associate Editors Steve Clarke University of Hull, UK Murray E. Jennex San Diego State University, USA Annie Becker Florida Institute of Technology USA Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko University of Tampere, Finland Editorial Advisory Board Sherif Kamel American University in Cairo, Egypt In Lee Western Illinois University, USA Jerzy Kisielnicki Warsaw University, Poland Keng Siau University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Amar Gupta Arizona University, USA Craig van Slyke University of Central Florida, USA John Wang Montclair State University, USA Vishanth Weerakkody Brunel University, UK Additional Research Collections found in the “Contemporary Research in Information Science and Technology” Book Series Data Mining and Warehousing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications John Wang, Montclair University, USA • 6-volume set • ISBN 978-1-60566-056-1 Electronic Business: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications In Lee, Western Illinois University • 4-volume set • ISBN 978-1-59904-943-4 Electronic Commerce: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications S. 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InformatIon scIence reference Hershey • New York Order online at www.igi-global.com or call 717-533-8845 ext.100 Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:00 pm (est) or fax 24 hours a day 717-533-7115 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

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