QoS metrics for performance assessment in integrated terrestrial-satellite multimedia platforms

Author

Iera, Antonio ; Ferraro, R.

Author_Institution

DIMET, Univ. of Reggio Calabria

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2260

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a study concerning the issue of QoS guarantee to multimedia applications over a satellite platform. The main objective of our study is the definition of QoS metrics at the service level (customer QoS metrics) and, most important, their mapping onto QoS indexes defined at the network level. This allows the monitoring of the quality perceived by the end user through the control of parameters directly defined and modifiable at the system level. The proposed metrics are exploited to test the physical and functional architecture of the SkyplexNet satellite platform developed within the framework of an ARTES-3 line 1 ESA project

Keywords

multimedia communication; quality of service; satellite communication; telecommunication traffic; ARTES-3 line 1; ESA project; QoS indexes; QoS metrics; SkyplexNet satellite platform; customer metrics; integrated terrestrial-satellite platforms; monitoring; multimedia platforms; network level; performance assessment; service level; Artificial satellites; Condition monitoring; Control systems; Digital multimedia broadcasting; Digital video broadcasting; Quality of service; Resource management; Satellite broadcasting; Telecommunication control; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2001. VTC 2001 Spring. IEEE VTS 53rd

Conference_Location

Rhodes

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6728-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2001.945098

Filename

945098