An approach to service level agreements for IP networks with differentiated services

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1773, 2000, Pages 2165-2182

  Gibbens, R J ^a   Sargood, S K ^b   Kelly, F P ^a   Azmoodeh, H ^b   Macfadyen, R ^b   Macfadyen, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Internet and Data Networks   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet Protocol; Quality of Service; Stochastic modelling; Transmission Control Protocol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346677540     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0639     Document Type: Article

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