1. Guest Editorial on Networking Technologies, Services and Protocols

   • Marco Conti
   • Enrico Gregori

   EditorialNotes Pages: 5 - 6

2. Mesh of Trees Topology for Output Queued Switches: Trading Speed-up with a Pipeline Technique

   • Maurizio A. Bonuccelli
   • Alessandro Urpi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 14

3. Aggregated Multicast – A Comparative Study

   • Jun-Hong Cui
   • Jinkyu Kim
   • Mario Gerla

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 26

4. Performance Evaluation of WAP and Internet Protocols over W-CDMA Networks

   • Hidetoshi Ueno
   • Norihiro Ishikawa
   • Osamu Takahashi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 34

5. Sender-Side TCP Modifications: Performance Analysis and Design Guidelines

   • R. Lo Cigno
   • G. Procissi
   • M. Gerla

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 45

6. Content Delivery Policies in Replicated Web Services: Client-Side vs. Server-Side

   • Marco Conti
   • Enrico Gregori
   • Willy Lapenna

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 60

7. Performance Evaluation of the Deadline Credit Scheduling Algorithm for Soft-Real-Time Applications in Distributed Video-on-Demand Systems

   • Adamantia Alexandraki
   • Michael Paterakis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 75

8. Improving Feedback Merging for Source-Adaptive Layered Multicast Schemes

   • Paulo André Da Silva Gonçalves
   • José F. de Rezende
   • Guy Pujolle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 88

9. Study of the Impact of Replacement Granularity and Associated Strategies on Video Caching

   • Elias Balafoutis
   • Antonis Panagakis
   • Ioannis Stavrakakis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 100