?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+Hybrid+Management+Substrate+Structure+for+Adaptive+Network+Resource+Management&rft.creator=Tuncer%2C+D&rft.creator=Charalambides%2C+M&rft.creator=El-Ezhabi%2C+H&rft.creator=Pavlou%2C+G&rft.description=Centralized+and+offline+network+management+functionality%2C+traditionally+deployed+by+operators%2C+cannot+easily+deal+with+the+traffic+patterns+of+emerging+services%2C+which+are+becoming+more+dynamic+and+unpredictable.+As+such%2C+decentralized+solutions+that+are+flexible+and+adaptive+to+traffic+and+network+dynamics+are+of+paramount+importance.+To+this+end%2C+we+have+been+developing+an+in-network+management+approach+in+which+an+intelligent+substrate+allows+the+dynamic+reconfiguration+of+resources+according+to+network+conditions.+The+set+of+nodes+forming+this+logical+structure+are+able+to+communicate+with+each+other+to+coordinate+their+decisions.+While+in+previous+work+we+investigated+the+use+of+full-mesh+and+ring+structures+to+connect+the+substrate+nodes%2C+we+consider+here+a+hybrid+approach+that+combines+the+benefits+of+the+other+two.+We+describe+algorithms+that+can+be+practically+used+to+compute+this+hybrid+structure+and+that+take+into+account+important+criteria+such+as+minimizing+the+latency+and+the+communication+overhead+among+the+substrate+nodes.+We+evaluate+the+impact+of+key+parameters+associated+with+the+construction+process.&rft.subject=Peer-to-peer+computing%2C%0D%0ATopology%2C%0D%0ASubstrates%2C%0D%0AStructural+rings%2C%0D%0ANetwork+topology%2C%0D%0ADelays%2C%0D%0ANickel&rft.publisher=IEEE&rft.date=2014-06-19&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++2014+IEEE+Network+Operations+and+Management+Symposium+(NOMS)%3A+Proceedings.++++IEEE+(2014)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1502967%2F1%2FTuncer_hybrid_management_substrate_structure_for.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1502967%2F&rft.rights=open