Network-Based Information Systems

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems, NBIS 2008, held in Turin, Italy, September 1-5, 2008 in conjunction with Dexa 2008. The 32 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 81 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on wireless networks; heterogeneous networks; ad hoc networks; P2P, grid and internet computing; ad hoc and sensor networks; intelligent algorithms and systems; secure systems and applicatinos as well as network tools and architectures.

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NBiS-2008 Keynote Talk.- Patterns in Internet Architecture.- Wireless Networks.- GAMesh: Automatic Placement of Wireless Mesh Nodes Via Genetic Algorithms.- Context-Aware Loading for Mobile Applications.- Performance Analysis of Angle Routing in MANETs.- Dynamic Network Reconfiguration by Combination of Different Wireless LANs.- Heterogeneous Networks.- Making an Agreement in an Order-Heterogeneous Group.- Performance Evaluation of Two Search Space Reduction Methods for a Distributed Network Architecture.- Prototype of a Workers' Motion Trace System Using Terrestrial Magnetism and Acceleration Sensors.- Framework Design Supporting QoS-Power Trade-Offs for Heterogeneous Networked Systems.- Ad-Hoc Networks.- Route Cache Based Load Balancing Scheme for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks.- Performance Evaluation of Load-Balancing Multi-path Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks.- A TCP Enhancement for QoS-Aware Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks.- Experimental and Simulation Evaluation of OLSR Protocol for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks.- P2P, Grid and Internet Computing.- A Multi-Source Streaming Model for Mobile Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Overlay Networks.- Building a Linux Grid on a Virtual Machine Using a Windows Grid.- The Similarity Computing of Documents Based on VSM.- Case Study on the Recovery of a Virtual Large-Scale Disk.- Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks.- Constant-Width Zones Broadcast Algorithm in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks.- Orientation-Aware Indoor Localization Path Loss Prediction Model for Wireless Sensor Networks.- S-Web: An Efficient and Self-organizing Wireless Sensor Network Model.- Agent Based Analytical Model for Energy Consumption among Border Nodes in Wireless Sensor Networks.- Intelligent Algorithms and Systems.- A Self-organising Network Based on Lightweight Agents.- A Fuzzy-Based Handover System for Wireless Cellular Networks: A Case Study for Handover Enforcement.- Fault Tolerance for Small-World Cellular Neural Networks.- A 4+1 Bit Month-Scale Regularity Mining Algorithm with One-Path and Distributed Server Constraints for Mobile Internet.- Secure Systems and Applications.- Preventing Illegal Information Flow Based on Role-Based Access Control Model.- Authentication Binding between TLS and HTTP.- Embedding Legacy Keyword Search into Queries for the Ubiquitous ID Database.- Secure Ubiquitous Health Monitoring System.- Network Tools and Architectures.- COMANCHE: An Architecture for Software Configuration Management in the Home Environment.- Graphic Drawing Tools for Network Traffic Simulation.- A Methodology for the Enterprise Information and Communication Infrastructure Design Process.- A New Networked Surveillance Video System by Combination of Omni-Directional and Network Controlled Cameras.