Managing QoS in Multimedia Networks and Services : IEEE / IFIP TC6 — WG6.4 & WG6.6 Third International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS’2000) September 25–28, 2000, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Welcome to the third International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS'2000) in Fortaleza (Brazil)! The first MMNS was held in Montreal ( Canada) in july 1997 and the second MMNS was held in Versailles (France) in November 1998. The MMNS conference takes place every year and a half and is aimed to be a truly international event by bringing together researchers and practitioners from all around the world and by organising the conference each time in a different continent/country. Over the past several years, there has been a considerable amount of research within the fields of multimedia networking and network management. Much of that work has taken place within the context of managing Quality-of­ Service in broadband integrated services digital networks such as the A TM, and more recently in IP-based networks, to respond to the requirements of emerging multimedia applications. A TM networks were designed to support multimedia traffic with diverse characteristics and can be used as the transfer mode for both wired and wireless networks. A new set of Internet protocols is being developed to provide better quality of service, which is a prerequisite for supporting multimedia applications. Multimedia applications have a different set of requirements, which impacts the design of the underlying communication network as well as its management. Several QoS management mechanisms intervening at different layers of the communication network are required including QoS-routing, QoS-based transport, QoS negotiation, QoS adaptation, FCAPS management, and mobility management. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Performance Evaluation of the Hierarchical Handoff Scheme for Wireless ATM Networks....Pages 3-15 SD+: Improving TCP Performance over ATM-UBR Service Using Selective Drop Buffer Management Scheme....Pages 17-29 Performance Analyses of Access Points In Cellular Wireless ATM Networks....Pages 31-44 Front Matter....Pages 45-45 Automating Internet Routing Behavior Analysis Using Public WWW Traceroute Services....Pages 47-59 An Evaluation of Different Marking Algorithms in Assured Forwarding Service....Pages 61-73 A Traffic Differentiation Method for IPv6 over ATM Networks....Pages 75-86 Front Matter....Pages 87-87 Managing Distributed Conferences with ISABEL....Pages 89-101 Benchmarking Issues of a Distributed Multimedia Database Management Service....Pages 103-116 Fault Management in a Multicast Routing Environment....Pages 117-129 Traffic Management in Isochronets Networks....Pages 131-146 Front Matter....Pages 147-147 Inter-domain Integrity Management for Programmable Network Interfaces....Pages 149-162 A TINA-based Distributed Environment for Mobile Multimedia Applications....Pages 163-175 Development of Parlay-based Services Using UML and SDL....Pages 177-190 Front Matter....Pages 191-191 Supporting Service Quality Assurance via Trouble Management....Pages 193-206 Policies for Feature Interaction Resolution....Pages 207-223 A Piggybacking Policy for Reducing the Bandwidth Demand of Video Servers....Pages 225-236 Front Matter....Pages 237-237 Integrating IP Multicasting in Standard Network Management Protocols....Pages 239-251 Reducing the Response Time in Network Management by Using Multiple Mobile Agents....Pages 253-265 Hierarchical Rerouting Model for Fault Tolerance in Multi-Network Environment....Pages 267-280 NetDoM: An Information System for Network Documentation Management....Pages 281-296 This book focuses on the critical challenges facing the future deployment and management of multimedia services over the Internet. It covers a broad scope of issues related to the integrated control and management of multimedia networks and services, and presents practical solutions as well as new research directions in managing QoS in the context of the Multimedia Internet. The following issues are considered, among others: QoS in Internet networks; Managing multimedia networking; Network programmability; Policies and service management; Advanced techniques for network management. This volume is the proceedings of the Third International Working Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS'2000), which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Technical Committee 6 (TC6) and was held in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, in September 2000. MMNS'2000 is co-sponsored by the Communications Society (ComSoc) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Managing QoS in Multimedia Networks and Services is essential reading for engineers, network managers, and designers of multimedia services, as well as for graduate students and researchers in multimedia networking and network management areas.