Distributed admission control for QoS and SLS management

Journal of Network and Systems Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 397-426

  Lima, Solange Rito ^a   Carvalho, Paulo ^a   Freitas, Vasco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diffserv architecture; Measurement based admission control; QoS monitoring; class based networks; Quality of service; Service level agreement; Service level specification; Traffic control

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PACKET SWITCHING; PROCESS CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CLASS BASED NETWORKS; DIFFSERV ARCHITECTURE; MEASUREMENT BASED ADMISSION CONTROL; QOS MONITORING; SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS; SERVICE LEVEL SPECIFICATIONS;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 18244382306     PISSN: 10647570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JONS.0000043687.34623.32     Document Type: Article

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