Network Solutions for Online Games

Interactive, massive online games have become popular
thus receiving the attention of researchers.
Wireless, mobile gaming represents a particularly
interesting case because of the proliferation of
smart personal devices, the increasing availability
of high speed wireless access points, and the
emergence of vehicular networks and applications. In
this context, this book presents a holistic vision of
network solutions that enable a top quality
interactive online gaming experience regardless
whether the player is wired, wireless, or even riding
a vehicle. The main issues covered by this book are:
i) synchronization mechanisms for Internet server
overlay networks that enables scalability, fairness,
and interactivity; ii) elastic (TCP) and real-time
(games) flows coexistence in a wireless access point;
iii) fast multi-hop broadcast schemes for efficient
game event delivery to players in vehicles.

Autorentext

Claudio E. Palazzi is an assistant professor at the Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics of the University of Padua. His research interests are primarily focused on the design and analysis of communication protocols for wired/wireless networks, with an emphasis on multimedia entertainment applications.

Klappentext

Interactive, massive online games have become popular thus receiving the attention of researchers. Wireless, mobile gaming represents a particularly interesting case because of the proliferation of smart personal devices, the increasing availability of high speed wireless access points, and the emergence of vehicular networks and applications. In this context, this book presents a holistic vision of network solutions that enable a top quality interactive online gaming experience regardless whether the player is wired, wireless, or even riding a vehicle. The main issues covered by this book are: i) synchronization mechanisms for Internet server overlay networks that enables scalability, fairness, and interactivity; ii) elastic (TCP) and real-time (games) flows coexistence in a wireless access point;iii) fast multi-hop broadcast schemes for efficient game event delivery to players in vehicles.