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.

Abstracts of the Final Conference on “Protected Forest Areas in Europe Analysis and Harmonisation (PROFOR)”, which took place in Barcelona, Spain on 22-24 February 2006.