Architectures for Quality of Service in the Internet: International Workshop, Art-QoS 2003, Warsaw, Poland, March 24-25, 2003, Revised Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2698)

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed postproceedings of the International Workshop on Architectures for Quality of Service in the Internet, Art-QoS 2003, held in Warsaw, Poland, in March 2003. The 22 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on architectures for next generation networks, architectures and services, signalling, admission control, AQUILA-resource control, AQUILA-QoS at work, MPLS traffic engineering, and traffic control mechanisms. Providing Quality Of Service (qos) In The Internet Is Currently The Most Ch- Lenging Topic For Researchers, Industry And Network Providers. Now, The Only Available Service In The Internet Is The Best E?ort Service, Which Assumes Tra?c Is Processed As Quickly As Possible, But There Is No Guarantee As To Timely Or Actual Delivery. On The Other Hand, There Is Pressure To O?er New Applications In The Internet (like Voip, Videoconferencing, On-line Games, E-commerce, Etc. ) But This Requires Some Packet Transfer Guarantees From The Network (e. G. , Low Packet Transfer Delay, Low Packet Losses). To Meet These Requirements, New Architectures For Providing Ip- Based Qos In The Internet Are Proposed: Integrated Services (intserv) And Di?erentiated Services (di?serv). However, These Architectures Need Some Enhancements To Provide Adequate Solutions For Resource Mana- Ment, Signaling, Tra?c Engineering, Tra?c Handling Mechanisms, Etc. In The European Research Community, A Number Of Projects Inside The Fifth Framework Programme Were Addressed Solving The Above Issues; Among These Aquila (adaptive Resource Control For Qos Using An Ip-based Layered - Chitecture), Cadenus (creation And Deployment Of End-user Services In P- Mium Ip Networks), And Tequila (tra?c Engineering For Quality Of Service In The Internet At Large Scale) Are Excellent Examples. The Main Achievements From These Projects Are The Prototypes For ?xed Qos Ip Networks. The Extension Of These Proposed Solutions Into The Wireless Environment Is The Next Step. Architectures For Next Generation Networks -- The Evolving Telecommunications Network -- An Ip Qos Architecture For 4g Networks -- Integration Of Mobility-, Qos-, And Cac-management For Adaptive Mobile Applications -- Architectures And Services -- A Control Architecture For Quality Of Service And Resource Allocation In Multiservice Ip Networks -- Control Plane Architecture For Qos In Obs Networks Using Dynamic Wavelength Assignment -- Ip Services Market: Modelling, Research, And Reality -- Signalling -- Prototype Implementation For The Analysis Of Sip, Rsvp And Cops Interoperability -- Reinforcement Learning As A Means Of Dynamic Aggregate Qos Provisioning -- Admission Control -- Calculating End-to-end Queuing Delay For Real-time Services On An Ip Network -- Admission Control Method Based On Effective Delay For Flows Using Ef Phb -- Qos Provisioning For Voip Traffic By Deploying Admission Control -- Aquila: Resource Control -- Overview Of The Project Aquila (ist-1999-10077) -- Application Support By Qos Middleware -- Bgrp Plus: Quiet Grafting Mechanisms For Providing A Scalable End-to-end Qos Solution -- Aquila: Qos At Work -- Measurement-based Admission Control In The Aquila Network And Improvements By Passive Measurements -- An Implementation Of A Service Class Providing Assured Tcp Rates Within The Aquila Framework -- Evaluation Of The Aquila Architecture: Trial Results For Signalling Performance, Network Services And User Acceptance -- Mpls Traffic Engineering -- Cspf Routed And Traffic-driven Construction Of Lsp Hierarchies -- Load Balancing By Mpls In Differentiated Services Networks -- Traffic Control Mechanisms -- An Integrated Scheduling For Multiple Loss Priority Traffic In E-pon Olt Switches -- Differentiation And Interaction Of Traffic: A Flow Level Study -- Application-oriented Evaluation Of Measurement Estimation. Wojciech Burakowski, Berthold Koch, Andrzej Bȩben (eds) Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Evolving Telecommunications Network....Pages 1-17 An IP QoS Architecture for 4G Networks....Pages 18-28 Integration of Mobility-, QoS-, and CAC-Management for Adaptive Mobile Applications....Pages 29-48 A Control Architecture for Quality of Service and Resource Allocation in Multiservice IP Networks....Pages 49-63 Control Plane Architecture for QoS in OBS Networks Using Dynamic Wavelength Assignment....Pages 64-75 IP Services Market: Modelling, Research, and Reality....Pages 76-87 Prototype Implementation for the Analysis of SIP, RSVP and COPS Interoperability....Pages 88-99 Reinforcement Learning as a Means of Dynamic Aggregate QoS Provisioning....Pages 100-114 Calculating End-to-End Queuing Delay for Real-Time Services on an IP Network....Pages 115-126 Admission Control Method Based on Effective Delay for Flows Using EF PHB....Pages 127-138 QoS Provisioning for VoIP Traffic by Deploying Admission Control....Pages 139-153 Overview of the Project AQUILA (IST-1999-10077)....Pages 154-164 Application Support by QoS Middleware....Pages 165-176 BGRP Plus: Quiet Grafting Mechanisms for Providing a Scalable End-to-End QoS Solution....Pages 177-188 Measurement-Based Admission Control in the AQUILA Network and Improvements by Passive Measurements....Pages 189-202 An Implementation of a Service Class Providing Assured TCP Rates within the AQUILA Framework....Pages 203-217 Evaluation of the AQUILA Architecture: Trial Results for Signalling Performance, Network Services and User Acceptance....Pages 218-233 CSPF Routed and Traffic-Driven Construction of LSP Hierarchies....Pages 234-251 Load Balancing by MPLS in Differentiated Services Networks....Pages 252-264 An Integrated Scheduling for Multiple Loss Priority Traffic in E-PON OLT Switches....Pages 265-275 Differentiation and Interaction of Traffic: A Flow Level Study....Pages 276-290 Application-Oriented Evaluation of Measurement Estimation....Pages 291-304