Vinylferrocene was polymerized by means of anionic initiators such as n‐BuLi, s‐BuLi and
distyryl disodium in tetrahydrofuran as solvent. In all cases the polymerization shows the …

After cellulose, lignin is the most abundant plant-derived polymer in nature. It provides
mechanical support to plants, but it has also a defense role against pests and diseases, thanks to …

Overlay-based services are a popular approach for providing functions like multicast, quality
of service or security in the Internet without requiring infrastructure support. This paper …

End-to-End connectivity in today's Internet can no longer be taken for granted. Middleboxes,
mobility, and protocol heterogeneity complicate application development and often result in …

Das ariba-Rahmenwerk ermöglicht, was sich Dienst-und Anwendungsentwickler von einem
Netz wünschen: Nahtlose Kommunikation, die „einfach funktioniert “. Selbige ist heute durch …

Running Peer-to-Peer applications—such as multimedia streaming or file sharing—on mobile
devices significantly increases the congestion in 3G access networks. Offloading traffic …

There exists a variety of different peer-to-peer (P2P) protocols to support a wide range of
distributed services, such as content distribution or data storage. In order to promote …

This chapter describes the Spontaneous Virtual Networks architecture (SpoVNet), which
eases creation and deployment of service overlays. First, we describe the requirements for …

Overlay networks have become an enabler for innovation in today’s Internet through cost-efficient
and flexible deployment of novel services. The self-organization and scalability …

The presentation of a landmark paper by Chu et al. at SIGMETRICS 2000 introduced application
layer multicast (ALM) as completely new area of network research. Many researchers …