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Game Theory in Communications

Vojislav Gajic

Multi-user communication theory typically studies the fundamental limits of communication systems, and considers communication schemes that approach or even achieve these limits. The functioning of many such schemes assumes that users always cooperate, eve ...

EPFL2010

Optoelectronically mismatched oligophenylethynyl-naphthalenediimide SHJ architectures

Natalie Renuka Banerji, Stefan Matile, Eric Vauthey

The objective of this study was to evaluate the possibility of photoinduced stack/rod electron transfer in surface “zipper” architectures composed of stacks of blue (B) naphthalenediimides (NDIs) along strings of oligophenylethynyl (OPE) rods. The synthesi ...

2010

Trustful Cumulus Clouds

Rachid Guerraoui, Maysam Yabandeh

Cloud computing offers an appealing business model and it is tempting for companies to delegate their IT services to the cloud. Yet, a company might ﬁnd it risky to do so for sensible services and to depend entirely on a single provider, which can be vulne ...

2010

Enhancement of Geomatics Education by Using Internet Based Techniques

Pierre-Yves Gilliéron, Bertrand Merminod, Arnaud Deshogues

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) has introduced the Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) in 2005. Since then, the number of teachers and users has increased rapidly. With more than 350 active courses hosted on Moodle for this ...

2010

Competition of Wireless Providers for Atomic Users: Equilibrium and Social Optimality

Bixio Rimoldi, Vojislav Gajic

We study a problem where wireless service providers compete for heterogenous and atomic (non-infinitesimal) wireless users. The users differ in their utility functions as well as in the perceived quality of service of individual providers. We model the int ...

2009

Scalable Network-layer Defense Against Internet Bandwidth-Flooding Attacks

In a bandwidth-flooding attack, compromised sources send high-volume traffic to the target with the purpose of causing congestion in its tail circuit and disrupting its legitimate communications. In this paper, we present Active Internet Traffic Filtering ...

2009

Strategic options of energy service companies in competitive energy markets

Gustave Nguene

In this dissertation, I determine the strategic options of energy service companies active in urban areas. This work is developed considering the wider EU policy framework, namely a liberalised energy market, environmental protection and security of supply ...

EPFL2009

Evolution and Market Share of Wireless Community Networks

Jean-Pierre Hubaux, Peter Marbach

Wireless community networks that operate in the unlicensed spectrum have emerged as a low-cost alternative for providing high-speed wireless data services. By using WiFi access points that are provided and managed by community members, wireless community n ...

2009

Robustness to failures in two-layer communication networks

Maciej Kurant

A close look at many existing systems reveals their two- or multi-layer nature, where a number of coexisting networks interact and depend on each other. For instance, in the Internet, any application-level graph (such as a peer-to-peer network) is mapped o ...

EPFL2009

An Enhanced Service Provider Communication Interface with Client Priorization

Milos Stanisavljevic, Slobodan Lukovic

With the increased dynamics of modern life, the efficiency and reliability of everyday services is emerging to be a fundamental concern. On the other hand, modern telecommunication technologies, like wireless Internet access, are penetrating all segments o ...

IEEE/WFM2008