Programmable agents for flexible QoS management in IP networks

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 256-267

  De Meer, Hermann ^a   La Corte, Aurelio ^b   Puliafito, Antonio ^c   Tomarchio, Orazio ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

MOBILE-AGENT TECHNOLOGY;

INTERNET;

EID: 0033879733     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/49.824809     Document Type: Article

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