Title :
Meeting QOS guarantees by end-to-end QOS monitoring and adaptation
Author :
Huard, J.-F. ; Inoue, I. ; Lazar, A.A. ; Yamanaka, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
The design and implementation of the transport layer of a native ATM (asynchronous tranfer mode) protocol stack and its embedding into an overall architecture that provides end-to-end quality of service (QOS) is presented. Within this architecture, the typical transport functionalities are enlarged with QOS monitoring and adaptation mechanisms. A QOS-based API (application programming interface) is proposed that shields application programmers from the complexity of QOS management and control. Both unicast and multicast connections supporting interactive multimedia applications are considered.
Keywords :
adaptive systems; application program interfaces; asynchronous transfer mode; computerised monitoring; interactive systems; monitoring; multimedia systems; quality control; telecommunication computing; transport protocols; adaptation mechanisms; application programming interface; end-to-end service quality monitoring; interactive multimedia applications; multicast connections; native ATM protocol stack; service quality guarantees; transport functionalities; transport layer; unicast connections; Admission control; Broadband communication; Internet; Monitoring; Programming profession; Quality of service; Resource management; Scheduling; Transport protocols; Unicast;
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Distributed Computing, 1996., Proceedings of 5th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Syracuse, NY, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7582-9
DOI :
10.1109/HPDC.1996.546205
