Resource Allocation in Mobile and Wireless Networks

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The resources (memory, power and bandwidth) are limited in wireless and mobile networks. Previous research has shown that the quality of service (QoS) of the mobile client can be improved through efficient resources management. This thesis contains two areas of research that are strongly interrelated. In the first area of research, we extended the MoSync Algorithm, a network application layer media synchronization algorithm, to allow play-out of multimedia packets by the base station upon the mobile client in a First-In-First-Out (FIFO), Highest-Priority-First (PQ), Weighted Fair-Queuing (WFQ) and Round-Robin (RR) order. In the second area of research, we make modifications to the DSR and TORA routing algorithms to make them energy aware routing protocols. Our research shows that the QoS of the mobile client can be drastically improved through effective resource allocation.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Owens, Harold, II
System: The UNT Digital Library
Computational Epidemiology - Analyzing Exposure Risk: A Deterministic, Agent-Based Approach (open access)

Computational Epidemiology - Analyzing Exposure Risk: A Deterministic, Agent-Based Approach

Many infectious diseases are spread through interactions between susceptible and infectious individuals. Keeping track of where each exposure to the disease took place, when it took place, and which individuals were involved in the exposure can give public health officials important information that they may use to formulate their interventions. Further, knowing which individuals in the population are at the highest risk of becoming infected with the disease may prove to be a useful tool for public health officials trying to curtail the spread of the disease. Epidemiological models are needed to allow epidemiologists to study the population dynamics of transmission of infectious agents and the potential impact of infectious disease control programs. While many agent-based computational epidemiological models exist in the literature, they focus on the spread of disease rather than exposure risk. These models are designed to simulate very large populations, representing individuals as agents, and using random experiments and probabilities in an attempt to more realistically guide the course of the modeled disease outbreak. The work presented in this thesis focuses on tracking exposure risk to chickenpox in an elementary school setting. This setting is chosen due to the high level of detailed information realistically available to …
Date: August 2009
Creator: O'Neill, Martin Joseph, II
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critique to the Mythology of Lamkang Tribe Manipur (open access)

A Critique to the Mythology of Lamkang Tribe Manipur

A published critique to the mythology of the Lamkang tribe.
Date: 2000
Creator: Dilbung, Avince Anthony
System: The UNT Digital Library