The underlying invention generally relates to the field of mobile computing in a networking
environment with distrib uted multimedia applications and technologies. More specifi cally, it …

(57) ABSTRACT A new concept of soft quality-of-service (soft-QoS) is developed that
bridges the gap between the efficient provi sion of network-level QoS and the requirements …

In mobile computing, factors such as add-on hardware components and heterogeneous
networks result in an environment of changing resource constraints. An application in such a …

A framework for QoS control in broadband wireless networks is presented. The framework
allows terminal and network-initiated bandwidth renegotiation to handle wide …

A dynamic framework for QoS control of video in distributed multimedia applications is
presented. The framework allows flexible and efficient video delivery with application-level …

In this paper we investigate the effectiveness of simple adaptive application layers for
multimedia streaming over multi-hop ad-hoc networks. Extensive simulations are presented …

In dit proefschrift behandelen we een planningsprobleem dat haar oorsprong vindt in het
kosteneffectief verwerken van verschillende media door software in consumentenapparaten …

There is a growing interest in multimedia applications and, in particular, in Consumer
Electronics Embedded Multimedia Systems (CEEMS), such as set-top boxes and VTRs. At …

Mobile computing represents a shift in the distributed systems paradigm. The potential of
decoupled and disconnected operation, location-dependent computation and …

With the advent of distributed computing, application management is driven into a new era.
In this world, application quality of service, resource availability at different domains, and …