1. Editorial

   • Marco Conti
   • Enrico Gregori

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 221 - 222

2. An Energy-Efficient Method for Nodes Assignment in Cluster-Based Ad Hoc Networks

   • Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini
   • Imrich Chlamtac
   • Antonio Nucci

   OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 231

3. Distributed Scheduling and Dynamic Pricing in a Communication Network

   • T. Heikkinen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 244

4. Connection Admission Control and Comparison of Two Differentiated Resources Allocation Schemes in a Low Earth Orbit LEO Satellite Constellation

   • Rima Abi Fadel
   • Samir Tohmé

   OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 258

5. Fault-Tolerant Support for Reliable Multicast in Mobile Wireless Systems: Design and Evaluation

   • Giuseppe Anastasi
   • Alberto Bartoli
   • Flaminia L. Luccio

   OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 269

6. QM²RP: A QoS-Based Mobile Multicast Routing Protocol Using Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm

   • Abhishek Roy
   • Sajal K. Das

   OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 286

7. A Framework for Adaptive UbiComp Applications Based on the Jack-in-the-Net Architecture

   • Tomoko Itao
   • Satoshi Tanaka
   • Tomonori Aoyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 299

8. A Robust M/M/1/k Scheme for Providing Handoff Dropping QoS in Multi-Service Mobile Networks

   • Ian Li-Jin Thng
   • Xiao Yuan Luo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 309

9. Combinatorial Mobile IP: A New Efficient Mobility Management Using Minimized Paging and Local Registration in Mobile IP Environments

   • Taehwan Choi
   • Laeyoung Kim
   • Jooseok Song

   OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 321

10. Implied Costs for Multirate Wireless Networks

    • Cesar Vargas
    • Manju V. Hegde
    • Mort Naraghi-Pour

    OriginalPaper Pages: 323 - 337