Design and analysis problems in active service networks.

Xiao Lurong.Thesis submitted in: June 2005.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (leaves [74]-76).Abstracts in English and Chinese.ABSTRACT --- p.I摘要 --- p.IIIACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.IVCONTENT --- p.VLIST OF FIGURES --- p.VIILIST OF TABLES --- p.IX 1Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTIONChapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1Chapter 1.2 --- Related Works --- p.3Chapter 1.3 --- Active Service Network --- p.12Chapter 1.4 --- Motivations and Contributions --- p.13Chapter 1.5 --- Outline --- p.14Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- ACTIVE SERVICE NETWORKS (ASN) ARCHITECTURE --- p.16Chapter 2.1 --- Internet Architecture --- p.16Chapter 2.2 --- ASN Enterprise Model --- p.19Chapter 2.3 --- ASN network Architecture --- p.20Chapter 2.4 --- ASN System Architecture --- p.24Chapter 2.5 --- Summary --- p.26Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- ASN VS. CLIENT SERVER APPROACH --- p.27Chapter 3.1 --- Application Scenario --- p.21Chapter 3.2 --- Application Models --- p.28Chapter 3.3 --- Analytical Models --- p.29Chapter 3.4 --- Performance Results --- p.34Chapter 3.5 --- Chapter Summary --- p.37Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- DESIGN PROBLEMS --- p.38Chapter 4.1 --- Problem Definitions --- p.38Chapter 4.2 --- Related works --- p.40Chapter 4.3 --- Problem Formulation --- p.43Chapter 4.4 --- Heuristic Algorithms --- p.49Chapter 4.5 --- Simulation Results --- p.51Chapter 4.6 --- Chapter Summary --- p.57Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- PERFORMANCE EVALUATION --- p.58Chapter 5.1 --- Simulation Model --- p.58Chapter 5.2 --- Blocking Performance --- p.60Chapter 5.3 --- Advanced Capabilities --- p.64Chapter 5.4 --- Chapter Summary --- p.69Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- CONCLUSION --- p.71Chapter 6.1 --- Contributions --- p.71Chapter 6.2 --- Future works --- p.72REFERENCES --- p.7