Quality is in the eye of the beholder: Meeting users' requirements for internet quality of service

HP Laboratories Technical Report

Volumn , Issue 4, 2000, Pages

  Bouch, Anna ^a,b   Kuchinsky, Allan ^a   Bhatti, Nina ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet; Quality of Service; User perception

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; SERVICE PROVIDERS; TRAFFIC ANALYSIS; USER PERCEPTION;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; QUALITY OF SERVICE; ROUTERS; SCHEDULING; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

INTERNET;

EID: 84862448502     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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