Dynamic microcell assignment for massively multiplayer online gaming

Proceedings of 4th ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Network and System Support for Games, NetGames 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  De Vleeschauwer, Bart ^a   Van Den Bossche, Bruno ^a   Verdickt, Tom ^a   De Turck, Filip ^a   Dhoedt, Bart ^a   Demeester, Piet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Game Server Architecture; Load Balancing; Microcell Distribution; MMOG

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958248762     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1103599.1103610     Document Type: Conference Paper

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