Resource partitioning for real-time communication

We investigate the network resource partitioning problem for real-time communication. Resource partitioning is useful for a number of applications, including virtual private subnetworks, advance reservation of real-time network services, fast establishment of real-time connections and support for mobile computing with real-time communication. We propose a scheme where resource partitioning requires extra computation only at connection establishment time, and where per-packet scheduling and rate control do not require any extra work for supporting resource partitioning.<>