Dissecting the protocol and network traffic of the OnLive cloud gaming platform

Cloud gaming is a new paradigm that is envisaged to play a pivotal role in the video game industry in forthcoming years. Cloud gaming, or gaming on demand, is a type of online gaming that allows on-demand streaming of game content onto non-specialised devices (e.g. PC, smart TV, etc.). This approach requires no downloads or game installation because the actual game is executed on the game company’s server and is streamed directly to the client. Nonetheless, this revolutionary approach significantly affects the network load generated by online games. As cloud gaming presents new challenges for both network engineers and the research community, both groups need to be fully conversant with these new cloud gaming platforms. The purpose of this paper is to investigate OnLive, one of the most popular cloud gaming platforms. Our key contributions are: (a) a review of the state-of-the-art of cloud gaming; (b) reverse engineering of the OnLive protocol; and (c) a synthetic traffic model for OnLive.     

Mechanical properties of wollastonite‐reinforced polypropylene composites modified with SEBS and SEBS‐g‐MA elastomers

Mechanical properties of isotactic polypropylene/wollastonite/styrene rubber block copolymers (iPP/wollastonite/SRBC) composites were studied as a function of elastomeric poly(styrene‐b‐ethylene‐co‐butylene‐b‐styrene) triblock copolymer (SEBS) and SEBS grafted with maleic anhydride (SEBS‐g‐MA) content from 0 to 20 vol%. Microphase morphology was stronger influenced by SRBC elastomers than by different wollastonite types. Higher encapsulation ability of SEBS‐g‐MA than SEBS caused more expressive core‐shell morphology and consequently higher notched impact strength as well as yield parameters, but lower Young's modulus. Higher ductility of the composites with SEBS than with SEBS‐g‐MA has been primarily caused by better miscibility of the polypropylene chains with SEBS molecules. Surface properties of components and adhesion parameters also indicated that adhesion at SEBS‐g‐MA/wollastonite interface, which was stronger than the one at the SEBS/wollastonite interface, influenced higher encapsulation of wollastonite particles by SEBS‐g‐MA. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 47:1873–1880, 2007. © 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers     

Zeolites as catalysts in organic reactions. Claisen-Schmidt condensation of acetophenone with benzaldehyde

HY zeolites catalyze the crossed aldol condensation of acetophenone with benzaldehyde, in benzene at 80 °C, to give trans- and cis-chalcones. Together with these expected products, 3,3-diphenylpropiophenone is also produced. In the analogous basic condensation, using phase transfer catalysis, the Michael adduct was not detected, and besides chalcone a small percentage of the Cannizzaro reaction product was observed.     

Dynamic light scattering measurements on the polystyrene/ethyl acetate system at semi-dilute concentrations as a function of temperature

Summary Measurements of autocorrelation functions extending over a broad time range are reported for a sample of polystyrene in ethyl acetate as a function of temperature between –44°C (-temperature) and 70°C. The corresponding spectra of decay times are obtained by two mathematical methods. The existence of three dynamic processes is shown and their temperature and angular behaviour is studied.     

Stretching and deformation vibrations of CH2, C(CH3) and O(CH3) groups of poly(methyl methacrylate)

Infrared and Raman spectra of atactic PMMA and infrared spectra of stereoregular PMMA and of its four deuterated derivatives

, were measured. They were used to assign the bands of stretching and deformation vibrations of CH₂, CCH₃ and OCH₃ groups in the infrared and Raman spectra and to discuss the effect of stereoregularity on these bands in the infrared spectra.     

Corrosion protection of aluminium in acidic chloride solutions with nontoxic inhibitors

Corrosion kinetics of 99.6% aluminium covered by a thin spontaneously formed oxide film in hydrochloric acid solution with and without the presence of substituted N-aryl pyrroles was studied using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and quasi steady-state polarization. Measurements were performed on a rotating disc electrode in an argon-deaerated solution in the temperature range 20 to 50°C. The addition of inhibitor considerably increases overvoltage of the cathodic process (HER) and shifts Ecorr to negative potential values. The activation energy of the hydrogen evolution reaction was Ea=50±5kJmol–1 and was not affected by the presence of inhibitor. The inhibitory action occurs by -bonding between the adsorbed inhibitor molecules and the electrode surface. The electrode coverage follows the Langmuir adsorption isotherm with an adsorption equilibrium constant K=1.1–2.64×105dm3mol–1. The adsorption of organic compound prevents the adsorption of chloride ions and slow down the rate of corrosion.     

The potentiometric behaviour of copolymers of methacrylic acid in water-ethanol solutions

Summary The synthesis is reported of copolymers of styrene with methacrylic acid and of methyl methacrylate with methacrylic acid by radical copolymerization, of copolymers of methyl methacrylate with methacrylic acid by partial alkaline hydrolysis of poly(methyl methacrylate), and of block copolymers of styrene with methacrylic acid. Modified titration curves of all these copolymers were recorded in water and water-ethanol solutions. In a solution containing 50 mass.% ethanol, only small differences could be observed between the potentiometric behaviour of the individual copolymers and polymethacrylic acid. Also, there were no essential differences in any of the solvents used between the potentiometric behaviour of block copolymers of styrene with methacrylic acid, on the one hand, and polymethacrylic acid, on the other. On the contrary, maxima and minima were always observed on the modified titration curves of statistical copolymers with a higher content of the hydrophobic comonomer in solutions with a high water content. Thus, using the modified titration curves, it is possible to decide whether a given copolymer is of the block or statistical type.     

Contribution to the hydration of expansive cement on the basis of metakaolinite

The study of hydration of expansive cement prepared from 64% portland cement clinker, 23% metakaolinite and 13% CaSO₄.2H₂O is described. It was found that in the course of a 10-day hydration period, all the gypsum entered the reaction with the formation of ettringite. In 7–10 days, after the termination of the expansion processes, typical stalk-like crystals were transformed into leaf-shaped or other formations. Ettringite was identified even after 4 months of hydration. Monosulphate (3CaO.Al₂O₃.CaSO₄.12H₂O) was found in none of the investigated high-expansion cement paste samples.     

The correlation between electrical properties and structure of substituted polyacetylenes

Summary The electrical conductivity of polyphenylacetylenes and polyhalophenylacetylenes was measured in dependence on the temperature and on the type of catalyst used for polymerization. The electrical conductivity increased with increasing temperature. The energy gap was calculated from the temperature dependence on the electrical conductivity; it decreased with increasing number of conjugated double bonds in the polymer chain and with the regularity of structure of the polymer. The number of double bonds, cyclization and configurations were determined by ¹H and ¹³C-NMR. In polyphenylacetylenes only aliphatic carbons deriving from cyclohexadiene units were found but no such units were found in polyhalophenylacetylenes. By UV-vis measurement the number of conjugated double bonds in segments was estimated. The synthesized polymers were amorphous. Their molecular weight was between 2000 and 74.000.