Well adapted to the loosely coupled nature of distributed interaction in large-scale
applications, the publish/subscribe communication paradigm has recently received …

Data replication is a key technology in distributed systems that enables higher availability
and performance. This article surveys optimistic replication algorithms. They allow replica …

We present a distributed random linear network coding approach for transmission and
compression of information in general multisource multicast networks. Network nodes …

Over the last decade, we have seen a revolution in connectivity between computers, and a
resulting paradigm shift from centralized to highly distributed systems. With massive scale …

We present Trickle, an algorithm for propagating and maintaining code updates in wireless
sensor networks. Borrowing techniques from the epidemic/gossip, scalable multicast, and …

This paper presents Scribe, a scalable application-level multicast infrastructure. Scribe
supports large numbers of groups, with a potentially large number of members per group …

In tree-based multicast systems, a relatively small number of interior nodes carry the load of
forwarding multicast messages. This works well when the interior nodes are highly …

Scalable management and self-organizational capabilities are emerging as central
requirements for a generation of large-scale, highly dynamic, distributed applications. We …

Many ad hoc routing protocols are based on some variant of flooding. Despite various
optimizations of flooding, many routing messages are propagated unnecessarily. We …

Gossip-based communication protocols are appealing in large-scale distributed applications
such as information dissemination, aggregation, and overlay topology management. This …