Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is the most widely used model for advanced access
control deployed in diverse enterprises of all sizes. RBAC critically depends on defining …

The wide proliferation of various wireless communication systems and wireless devices has
led to the arrival of big data era in large-scale wireless networks. Big data of large-scale …

Windows Azure Storage (WAS) is a cloud storage system that provides customers the ability
to store seemingly limitless amounts of data for any duration of time. WAS customers have …

Facebook's corpus of photos, videos, and other Binary Large OBjects (BLOBs) that need to
be reliably stored and quickly accessible is massive and continues to grow. As the footprint …

The rapid growth of emerging applications and the evolution of cloud computing
technologies have significantly enhanced the capability to generate vast amounts of data …

Distributed storage systems provide reliable access to data through redundancy spread over
individually unreliable nodes. Application scenarios include data centers, peer-to-peer …

Blockchain is a distributed digital ledger with features such as tamper-proof and privacy
protection, which can provide reliable security solutions for the Internet of Things, smart …

Distributed storage systems for large-scale applications typically use replication for
reliability. Recently, erasure codes were used to reduce the large storage overhead, while …

Highly available cloud storage is often implemented with complex, multi-tiered distributed
systems built on top of clusters of commodity servers and disk drives. Sophisticated …

F28D15/00—Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in
closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls; Heat-exchange apparatus employing …