The Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications discusses the extraordinary importance of Internet technologies, with a particular focus on the Web. Discussing the architecture and service technologies of the World Wide Web, the Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications includes comprehensive research on Web services, Semantic Web, and Web-based e-activities, among others. This reference tool is the single source for information on the world s greatest network, and provides a wealth of information for the average Internet consumer, as well as for an expert in the field of networking and Internet technologies. This comprehensive reference provides libraries with the most thorough examination of Internet technologies and applications an essential resource in supporting the information needs of researchers in a variety of related fields.
Author(s): Mario Freire, Manuela Pereira
Edition: 1
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 716
Title Page
......Page 2
Editorial Advisory Board......Page 4
List of Contributors......Page 5
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgment......Page 18
About the Editors......Page 19
Active Queue Management......Page 20
Adaptive Routing Quality of Service
Algorithms for Internet’s Irregular Traffic......Page 26
Adaptive Transmission of Multimedia Data
over the Internet......Page 35
Addressing the Credibility of Web
Applications......Page 42
ADSL2+ Technology......Page 48
Advanced Techniques for Web Content
Filtering......Page 55
Agent-Based Web Services......Page 64
ALBA Cooperative Environment for Scientific
Experiments......Page 71
Analysis of TCP-Friendly Protocols for Media
Streaming......Page 78
Autonomic Computing......Page 85
Autonomic Networking......Page 91
Cfengine Configuration Management Agent......Page 98
A Clustering Model of the Application-Level
Multicast......Page 105
Collaborative Support for Graphical-Based
Design Tools......Page 112
Comparison of Multipath Schemes for Hybrid
Models in MPLS......Page 119
Congestion Control in Multicast Networks......Page 125
Content-Aware Caching for Cooperative
Transcoding Proxies......Page 131
Context-Aware Service Discovery in
Ubiquitous Computing......Page 138
Creative Information System......Page 145
Data Caching in Web Applications......Page 151
Data Extraction from Deep Web Sites......Page 161
The Differentiated Services Architecture......Page 169
DNS-Based Allocation of Multicast Addresses......Page 176
E-Collaboration Concepts, Systems,
and Applications......Page 184
Efficient and Scalable Client-Clustering
for Proxy Cache......Page 191
E-Learning......Page 198
Ethernet to the Doorstep of Metropolitan Area
Networks......Page 204
Extend the Building Automation System
through Internet......Page 211
Hackers, Hacking, and Eavesdropping......Page 218
Handheld Computing and Palm OS
Programming for Mobile Commerce......Page 224
Impact of Portal Technologies on
Executive Information Systems......Page 234
Intellectual Property and the Internet......Page 241
Internet Gambling......Page 247
Internet Measurements......Page 254
IP Multicasting......Page 261
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
for Emerging All-IP Networks......Page 268
The IPv6 Protocol......Page 276
Issues and Applications of Internet
Traffic Modelling......Page 282
Java Web Application Frameworks......Page 288
Light-Weight Content-Based Search for File
Sharing Systems......Page 296
Malicious Software......Page 303
Mobility Protocols......Page 310
Model-Driven Engineering of Distributed
Applications......Page 318
Modeling IP Traffic Behavior through
Markovian Models......Page 324
Multicast of Multimedia Data......Page 335
Multimedia for Mobile Devices......Page 342
Multimedia Internet Applications over
WiMAX Networks: State-of-the-Art and
Research Challenges......Page 350
Network Optimization Using Evolutionary
Algorithms in Multicast Transmission......Page 358
Network Survivability in Optical Networks
with IP Prospective......Page 365
Network-Based Intrusion Detec......Page 372
Network-Layer Mobility Protocols for
IPv6-Based Networks......Page 379
Networked Appliances and Home Networking:
Internetworking the Home......Page 386
Optical Burst Switching......Page 394
Optical Network Survivability
......Page 402
Optimizing Inter-Domain Internet Multicast......Page 410
Performance of Mobility Protocols......Page 417
Positive-Feedback Preference Model of the
Internet Topology......Page 426
Privacy in the Digital World......Page 430
Quality of Service and Service Level
Agreements......Page 437
Quality of Service Architectures......Page 444
Quality of Service by Way of Path Selection
Policy......Page 451
Quality of Service in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks......Page 460
Quality of Service Routing......Page 468
Rate Adaptation Mechanisms for Multimedia
Streaming......Page 475
Real-Time Protocols (RTP/RTCP)......Page 482
Rich-Club Phenomenon of the Internet
Topology......Page 488
Scalable Reservation-Based QoS Architecture
(SRBQ)......Page 492
Scaling Properties of Network Traffic......Page 502
Seamless Multi-Hop Handover in IPv6-Based
Hybrid Wireless Networks......Page 509
Security Issues with Wi-Fi Networks......Page 517
The Semantic Web......Page 524
Semantic Web Languages and Ontologies......Page 531
Semantic Web Services: A Technology for
Service-Oriented Computing......Page 538
Service Provisioning in the IP Multimedia
Subsystem......Page 544
Session Initiation Protocol......Page 551
Sharing Protected Web Resources......Page 558
Social and P2P Networks on the Internet......Page 564
Software Modernization of Legacy Systems for
Web Services Interoperability
......Page 570
The Speech-Enabled Web......Page 577
Standards in Asynchronous E-Learning
Systems......Page 587
Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)......Page 594
Survey: Pricing Ubiquitous Network Services......Page 602
Survivability Mechanisms of Generalized
Multiprotocol Label Switching......Page 612
Swarm Intelligence Applications for the
Internet......Page 619
A Taxonomy of Online Game Security......Page 625
TCP and TCP-Friendly Protocols......Page 631
TCP Enhancements for Mobile Internet......Page 638
TCP for High-Speed Networks......Page 645
Towards Autonomic Infrastructures via Mobile
Agents and Active Networks......Page 652
Towards Formulation of Principles for
Engineering Web Applications......Page 659
Traffic Control......Page 666
Transporting TDM Service on Metropolitan
Bus-Based Optical Packet Switching Networks......Page 672
Voice Over Internet Protocol: A New Paradigm
in Voice Communication......Page 682
Waking Up Sensor Networks......Page 689
Web Accessibility......Page 697
Web Mining: A Conceptual Overview on
Intelligent Information Retrieval Systems......Page 703
Web Services......Page 709
Web-Based Commerce Applications: Adoption
and Evaluation......Page 715
Web-Based Information Systems in
Construction Industry: A Case Study for
Healthcare Projects......Page 721
Wi-Fi Technology......Page 730
Index......Page 736