Publications

The recent trend towards the interoperability of traditionally separate networks, such as terrestrial, wireless/cellular, and satellite, for the support of multimedia applications poses new and significantly challenging problems to network design. This book reports on the state-of-the-art work developed during the four years of operation of COST Action 279, Analysis and Design of Advanced Multiservice Networks Supporting Mobility, Multimedia, and Internet-networking, by its participating researchers, originating from over 40 research institutions from the academic, industrial, and applied aspects of network performance evaluation and design.
The book contains a detailed account of the work developed, supported on an extensive bibliography of material published in the peer-reviewed literature. It contains the following six chapters: * IP-Based Networks * Queuing Models * Traffic Measurement, characterization, and Modelling * Wireless Networks * Optical Networks * Peer-to-Peer services The book will appeal to both practitioners of network design, and to researchers to map future directions in networking research.

The aim of this publication is to collect basic information about PFAs of the countries involved in the action in a standardized way. The countries’ reports will be an important basis for further analyses of Protected Forest Areas in Europe. In addition, the reports obviously allow insights into the state of protection of forest biodiversity for countries individually. The countries’ reports have a consistent structure and content to allow comparisons between the 25 countries involved in the action, but without constraining information on any special characteristics they may have.