1. Editors’ note

   • K. Nahrstedt
   • T. Plagemann

   Editorial 19 August 2006 Pages: 69 - 70

2. Evaluation and analysis of similarity measures for content-based visual information retrieval

   • Horst Eidenberger

   Regular Paper 12 August 2006 Pages: 71 - 87

3. Buffer-assisted on-demand multicast for VOD applications

   • Chen-Lung Chan
   • Shih-Yu Huang
   • Jia-Shung Wang

   Regular Paper 12 August 2006 Pages: 89 - 100

4. Comparison of XML serializations: cost benefits versus complexity

   • Robbie De Sutter
   • Sam Lerouge
   • Rik Van de Walle

   Regular Paper 26 July 2006 Pages: 101 - 115

5. Frequency-based cache management policies for collaborative and non-collaborative topologies of segment based video caching proxies

   • Anna Satsiou
   • Michael Paterakis

   Original Article 07 September 2006 Pages: 117 - 133

6. A dynamic caching algorithm based on internal popularity distribution of streaming media

   • Jiang Yu
   • Chun Tung Chou
   • Tai Wang

   Regular Paper 29 July 2006 Pages: 135 - 149

7. Analysis of the “Wavelet Tree Quantization” watermarking strategy and a modified robust scheme

   • Tanmoy Kanti Das
   • Subhamoy Maitra

   Regular Paper 19 August 2006 Pages: 151 - 163