Integrated resource negotiation, pricing, and QoS adaptation framework for multimedia applications

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2514-2529

  Wang, Xin ^a   Schulzrinne, Henning ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

BLOCKING PROBABILITY; COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ECONOMICS; CONGESTION DEPENDENT PRICING SYSTEM; INTEGRATED RESOURCE NEGOTIATION; RESOURCE NEGOTIATION AND PRICING PROTOCOL;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034462786     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/49.898734     Document Type: Article

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