From QoS Provisioning to QoS Charging

From QoS Provisioning to QoS Charging
Author: Burkhard Stiller
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2003-06-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 354045859X

This volume of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series contains the set of papers accepted for publication at the colocated QofIS/ICQT 2002 workshops, i.e. the 3rd COST Action 263 International Workshop on Quality of future Internet Services (QofIS) and the 2nd International Workshop on Internet Charging and QoS Technology (ICQT), both of which took place at the ETH Zric h, Switzerland, hosted by the Computer Engineering and Networking Laboratory, TIK. QofIS 2002 was the third in a series of highly successful technical workshops and meetings on Internet services within the framework of the COST Action 263 Q uality of future Internet Services , following previous events in Berlin, Germany in 2000 and in Coimbra, Portugal in 2001. ICQT 2002 was the follow-up to a vivid and extremely well-attended workshop on Internet economics and charging technology that took place within the framework of the Annual Meeting of the German Society for Computer Science (GI) and the Austrian Computer Society in 2001 in Vienna, Austria.

End-to-End Quality of Service over Cellular Networks

End-to-End Quality of Service over Cellular Networks
Author: Gerardo Gomez
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2005-10-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0470015861

This comprehensive resource contains a detailed methodology for assessing, analyzing and optimizing End-to-End Service Performance under different cellular technologies (GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA and CDMA2000). It includes guidelines for analyzing numerous different services, including FTP, WEB streaming and POC, including examples of analysis and troubleshooting from a user point-of-view. Focuses on the end-user perspective, with a detailed analysis of the main sources of service performance degradation and a comprehensive description of mobile data services Includes a detailed presentation of generic key performance indicators (KPIs) which can be re-defined to comply with each particular network Provides service performance benchmarking for different technologies from real networks Explores a new approach to service management known as customer experience management, including the reasons why it is overcoming traditional service management and its impact on revenues and customer satisfaction Illustrates all points throughout using real world examples gleaned from cutting-edge research This book draws together findings from authoritative sources that will appeal to cellular network operators and vendors. The theory-based, practical approach will be of interest to postgraduate students and telecommunication and consulting companies working in the field of cellular technologies.

On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2011

On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2011
Author: Robert Meersman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2011-11-09
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642251056

The two-volume set LNCS 7044 and 7045 constitutes the refereed proceedings of three confederated international conferences: Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS 2011), Distributed Objects and Applications - Secure Virtual Infrastructures (DOA-SVI 2011), and Ontologies, DataBases and Applications of SEmantics (ODBASE 2011) held as part of OTM 2011 in October 2011 in Hersonissos on the island of Crete, Greece. The 55 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 141 submissions. The 28 papers included in the second volume constitute the proceedings of DOA-SVI 2011 with 15 full papers organized in topical sections on performance measurement and optimization, instrumentation, monitoring, and provisioning, quality of service, security and privacy, and models and methods, and ODBASE 2011 with 9 full papers organized in topical sections on acquisition of semantic information, use of semantic information, and reuse of semantic information and 4 short papers.

Quality of Service in the Emerging Networking Panorama

Quality of Service in the Emerging Networking Panorama
Author: Josep Solé-Pareta
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2004-09-24
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540301933

This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Quality of Future Internet Services, QofIS 2004, the First International Workshop on Qos Routing, WOoSR 2004, and the 4th International Workshop on Internet Charging and Qos Technology, ICQT 2004, held in Barcelona, Spain, in September/October 2004. The 38 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of around 140 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Internet applications, local area and ad-hoc wireless networks, service differentiation and congestion control, traffic engineering and routing, enforcing mobility, algorithms and scalability for service routing, novel ideas and protocol enhancements, auctions and game theory, charging in mobile networks, and QoS provisioning and monitoring.

Information Processing and Management

Information Processing and Management
Author: Vinu V Das
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 693
Release: 2010-04-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642122132

It is my pleasure to write the preface for Information Processing and Management. This book aims to bring together innovative results and new research trends in inf- mation processing, computer science and management engineering. If an information processing system is able to perform useful actions for an obj- tive in a given domain, it is because the system knows something about that domain. The more knowledge it has, the more useful it can be to its users. Without that kno- edge, the system itself is useless. In the information systems field, there is conceptual modeling for the activity that elicits and describes the general knowledge a particular information system needs to know. The main objective of conceptual modeling is to obtain that description, which is called a conceptual schema. Conceptual schemas are written in languages called conceptual modeling languages. Conceptual modeling is an important part of requi- ments engineering, the first and most important phase in the development of an inf- mation system.

Managing IP Networks

Managing IP Networks
Author: Salah Aidarous
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2003-09-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780471392996

IP has a major role in the evolution of networks and services. Issues relating to end-to-end network and service management which offers advanced services, are addressed in this book; making it a defining work on this topic.

Software Defined Radio

Software Defined Radio
Author: Markus Dillinger
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2005-08-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0470865016

Software defined radio (SDR) is a hot topic in the telecommunications field, with regard to wireless technology. It is one of the most important topics of research in the area of mobile and personal communications. SDR is viewed as the enabler of global roaming and a platform for the introduction of new technologies and services into existing live networks. It therefore gives networks a greater flexibility into mobile communications. It bridges the inter-disciplinary gap in the field as SDR covers two areas of development, namely software development and digital signal processing and the internet. It extends well beyond the simple re-configuration of air interface parameters to cover the whole system from the network to service creation and application development. Reconfigurability entails the pervasive use of software reconfiguration, empowering upgrades or patching of any element of the network and of the services and applications running on it. It cuts across the types of bearer radio systems (Paging to cellular, wireless local area network to microwave, terrestrial to satellite, personal communications to broadcasting) enable the integration of many of today's disparate systems in the same hardware platform. Also it cuts across generation (second to third to fourth). This volume complements the already published volumes 1 and 2 of the Wiley Series in Software Radio. The book discusses the requirements for reconfigurability and then introduces network architectures and functions for reconfigurable terminals. Finally it deals with reconfiguration in the network. The book also provides a comprehensive view on reconfigurability in three very active research projects as CAST, MOBIVAS and TRUST/SCOUT. Key features include: Presents new research in wireless communications Summarises the results of an extensive research program on software defined radios in Europe Provides a comprehensive view on reconfigurability in three very active research projects as CAST (Configurable radio with Advanced Sodftware Technology), MOBIVAS (Downloadable MOBIle Value Added Services through Software Radio and Switching Integrated Platforms), TRUST (Transparently Re-configurable Ubiquitous Terminal) and SCOUT (Smart User-Centric Communciation Environment).

Next Generation Teletraffic and Wired/Wireless Advanced Networking

Next Generation Teletraffic and Wired/Wireless Advanced Networking
Author: Yevgeni Koucheryavy
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 597
Release: 2006-09-21
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540344306

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Next Generation Teletraffic and Wired/Wireless Advanced Networking, NEW2AN 2006, held in St. Petersburg, Russia in May/June 2006. The book includes 49 revised full papers presented together with 2 keynote talks. The papers are organized in topical sections on teletraffic, traffic characterization and modeling, 3G/UMTS, sensor networks, WLAN, QoS, MANETs, lower layer techniques, PAN technologies, and TCP.

Future Wireless and Optical Networks

Future Wireless and Optical Networks
Author: Shengming Jiang
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012-02-22
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1447128222

This book reviews the challenges of all-optical and wireless networks for the future Internet, with a focus on cross-layer design and optimization. Features: presents a thorough introduction to major networking modes and their effect on Internet development; proposes a new structure favorable for all-optical packet switching; discusses a new quality of service (QoS) provisioning approach, which overcomes the scalability problem of IntServ and the coarse QoS granularity of DiffServ; describes the end-to-end arguments in Internet design, before investigating a solution to congestion control problems in multi-hop wireless and all-optical networks; examines how to exploit multiple-input-multiple-output technology to improve network performance in centralized wireless networks; surveys green networking strategies from a quantitative perspective; suggests a strategic vision for possible developments of network technology for the future Internet.

New Horizons in Mobile and Wireless Communications, Volume 2: Networks, Services and Applications

New Horizons in Mobile and Wireless Communications, Volume 2: Networks, Services and Applications
Author: Ramjee Prasad
Publisher: Artech House
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2009
Genre: Mobile communication systems
ISBN: 1607839709

Based on cutting-edge research projects in the field, this book (part of a comprehensive 4-volume series) provides the latest details and covers the most impactful aspects of mobile, wireless, and broadband communications development. These books present key systems and enabling technologies in a clear and accessible manner, offering you a detailed roadmap the future evolution of next generation communications. Other volumes cover Networks, Services and Applications; Reconfigurability; and Ad Hoc Networks.