116 research outputs found
Amalgamation of Transition Sequences in the PEPA Formalism
This report presents a proposed formal approach towards reduction of sequences in PEPA components. By performing the described amalgamation procedure we may remove, from the Markov chain underlying an initial PEPA model, those states for which detailed local balance equations cannot be formulated. This transformation may lead to a simpler model with product form solution. Some classes of reduced models preserve those performance measures which we are interested in and, moreover, the steady state solution vector is much easier to find from the computational point of view
Performance improvement of an optical network providing services based on multicast
Operators of networks covering large areas are confronted with demands from
some of their customers who are virtual service providers. These providers may
call for the connectivity service which fulfils the specificity of their
services, for instance a multicast transition with allocated bandwidth. On the
other hand, network operators want to make profit by trading the connectivity
service of requested quality to their customers and to limit their
infrastructure investments (or do not invest anything at all).
We focus on circuit switching optical networks and work on repetitive
multicast demands whose source and destinations are {\em \`a priori} known by
an operator. He may therefore have corresponding trees "ready to be allocated"
and adapt his network infrastructure according to these recurrent
transmissions. This adjustment consists in setting available branching routers
in the selected nodes of a predefined tree. The branching nodes are
opto-electronic nodes which are able to duplicate data and retransmit it in
several directions. These nodes are, however, more expensive and more energy
consuming than transparent ones.
In this paper we are interested in the choice of nodes of a multicast tree
where the limited number of branching routers should be located in order to
minimize the amount of required bandwidth. After formally stating the problem
we solve it by proposing a polynomial algorithm whose optimality we prove. We
perform exhaustive computations to show an operator gain obtained by using our
algorithm. These computations are made for different methods of the multicast
tree construction. We conclude by giving dimensioning guidelines and outline
our further work.Comment: 16 pages, 13 figures, extended version from Conference ISCIS 201
Allocation équitable de ressources dans les réseaux ad hoc OFDMA
Session Posters & DemosInternational audienceLa technique de partage OFDMA permet d'allouer des ressources discrètes aux communications. Dans cet article, nous présentons un nouvel algorithme distribué d'allocation des Ressource Blocks dans un réseau ad hoc OFDMA. Nous considérons une allocation des ressources sur les liens et un modèle d'inter- férence à deux sauts. Les performances de notre algorithme sont évaluées par simulation et les résultats sont comparés à des bornes théoriques
Resource Allocation in Ad Hoc Networks with Two-Hop Interference Resolution
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A Composite Mobility Model for Ad Hoc Networks in Disaster Areas
Ad hoc network is an essential means of communication in disaster scenes. Validation of new communication protocols for these networks requires exhaustive simulation runs because real life experiences can be performed exclusively during expensive civil protection exercises. The necessity of these simulations calls for realistic and reliable mobility models which take into account numerous aspects of rescue worker interventions. We propose a composite model of mobility for disaster scenarii which includes a realistic model of human displacement, team mobility, and obstacle avoidance. The comparison of its performance with those of other available models is encouraging. We believe that it can improve the veracity of rescue operation simulations
Spatial Frequency Reuse in a Novel Generation of PMR Networks
International audiencePrivate Mobile Radio (PMR) networks are cellular infrastructures dedicated to be used by professionals, such as public safety, military, industry and transportation organizations. In those networks, resources are scarce, and there are strong Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. The emergence of new services which need more bandwidth has made the world PMR leader focus on the LTE-Advanced protocol. In order to ensure the QoS despite resource shortage, we propose an algorithm of Resource Blocks (RBs) allocation with spatial frequency reuse whose scheme takes into account users' (UEs') interference possibility and probability. We start by defining the underlying problem, which we call Weighted Fractional Coloring Problem (WFCP), in terms of graph theory. Next, we prove its NP-hardness. As obtaining an exact solution of such a problem in reasonable time is unrealistic, we propose a heuristic algorithm. In order to evaluate the performance of our algorithm we use a rigorous validation procedure. We compare its performance with that of a random one which we propose as a reference and the exact one which can be run on very small networks. Thanks to the results obtained we believe that the proposed algorithm can establish a solid starting point to conceive its distributed versions for novel PMR protocols
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