Network Control and Engineering for QoS, Security and Mobility II : IFIP TC6 / WG6.2 & WG6.7 Second International Conference on Network Control and Engineering for QoS, Security and Mobility (Net-Con 2003) October 13–15, 2003, Muscat, Oman

Service and network providers must be able to satisfy the demands for new services, improve the quality of service, reduce the cost of network service operations and maintenance, control performance and adapt to user demands. These challenges are so important for the future of our communication environment that it is essential to investigate different approaches for controlling and optimizing network resources. **Network Control and Engineering for QoS, Security and Mobility II** addresses the problem of network control and engineering with a focus on control of quality of service, management of security, and supervision of mobility. New trends in these different fields are also investigated. This volume contains the proceedings of the Second International Conference on NETwork CONtrol and Engineering (NETCON) for Quality of Service, Security and Mobility, which convened in Oman in October 2003. The conference was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and organized by IFIP's Working Groups 6.2 on Network and Internetwork Architecture, 6.6 on Network Management, and 6.7 on Smart Networks. Front Matter....Pages i-ix A Scalable Multicast Protocol with QoS Guaranties....Pages 1-13 Scheduling Requests on Multi-Stage Multi-Server to Increase Quality of Service....Pages 14-25 Analysis of Policy Management Models and Specification Languages....Pages 26-50 Diffserv Network Control Using a Behavioral Multi-Agent System....Pages 51-63 Policy Based Handover in Wireless and Mobile Networks....Pages 64-77 Adaptive AIFS in Wireless LAN....Pages 78-89 Teletraffic Engineering of Multi-Band W-CDMA Systems....Pages 90-103 Mobility Support Framework in Adaptable Service Architecture....Pages 104-119 Ant-Routing-Algorithm for Mobile Multi-Hop Ad-Hoc Networks....Pages 120-138 Enabling Distributed QoS Management Utilizing Active Network Technology....Pages 139-151 Resource Management in ASMA Platform....Pages 152-163 A New Hardware Algorithm for Fast IP Routing Targeting Programmable Routers....Pages 164-179 Fuzzy-Logic-Based TCP Congestion Control System....Pages 180-190 Multi-Object Video Rate Control....Pages 191-202 Buffer Occupancy Analysis for a Broadband Polling-Based WLAN....Pages 203-212 A Policy Management Framework for GMPLS Optical Networks....Pages 213-224 Service Level Agreement in Optical Networks....Pages 225-237 Conceptual Foundations of User Preference Modeling....Pages 238-250 New Key Management Protocol for SSL/TLS....Pages 251-262 Management of Security in TCP/IP Hosts Using Dedicated Monitoring Applications....Pages 263-273 1. A Scalable Multicast Protocol with QoS Guaranties 2. Scheduling Requests on Multi-Stage Multi-Server to Increase Quality of Service 3. Analysis of Policy Management Models and Specification Languages 4. Diffserv Network Control Using a Behavioral Multi-Agent System 5. Policy Based Handover in Wireless and Mobile Networks 6. Adaptive AIFS in Wireless LAN 7. Teletraffic Engineering of Multi-Band W-CDMA Systems 8. Mobility Support Framework in Adaptable Service Architecture 9. Ant-Routing-Algorithm for Mobile Multi-Hop AD-Hoc Networks 10. Enabling Distributed QoS Management Utilizing Active Network Technology 11. Resource Management in ASMA Platform 12. A New Hardware Algorithm for Fast IP Routing Targeting Programmable Routers 13. Fuzzy-Logic-Based TCP Congestion Control System 14. Multi-Object Video Rate Control 15. Buffer Occupancy Analysis for a Broadband Polling-Based WLAN 16. A Policy Management Framework for GMPLS Optical Networks 17. Service Level Agreement in Optical Networks 18. Conceptual Foundations of User Preference Modeling 19. New Key Management Protocol for SSL/TLS 20. Management of Security in TCP/IP Hosts Using Dedicated Monitoring Applications.