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Network awareness and application adaptability

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In this paper, we argue that pervasive applications need to be aware of and adaptive to network conditions. We begin with an overview of three software projects in which we are currently involved, and highlight network awareness and application adaptability as a common thread among them. We argue that these features stem from the fundamental architectural principles of the Internet. We generalize our experience and elaborate on the principles for developing network awareness and adaptable applications.

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We acknowledge the help of two anonymous reviewers in greatly enhancing the clarity of this paper.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Av., Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA

    Ahmad T. Al-Hammouri, Wenhui Zhang, Robert F. Buchheit & Vincenzo Liberatore

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA

    Panos K. Chrysanthis & Kirk Pruhs

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This work has been supported in part under NSF grants ANI-0123929, CCR-0098752, and CCR-0329910.

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Al-Hammouri, A.T., Zhang, W., Buchheit, R.F. et al. Network awareness and application adaptability. ISeB 4, 399–419 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10257-005-0012-7

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