DocumentCode :
341670
Title :
A QoS middleware for network adaptive applications
Author :
Nikolaou, Nikos A. ; Tsetsekas, Charilaos A. ; Venieris, Iakovos S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Volume :
2
fYear :
1999
fDate :
36342
Firstpage :
282
Abstract :
Multimedia applications introduce new requirements in terms of network resources. Applications need to be capable of specifying and requesting network resources. Many protocols for quality of service (QoS) provision exist. Rendering an application independent from the underlying network reservation protocol constitutes the major motivation for this paper. A QoS middleware is required that will provide a generalised interface for reservations and, at the same time, will take the role of an umbrella, under which a number of different reservation mechanisms can be placed. This paper presents a layered QoS middleware architecture and gives details of the specification and implementation of this architecture in terminals supporting IP and ATM-based applications.
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; client-server systems; multimedia communication; quality of service; transport protocols; ATM; IP; QoS; asynchronous tranfer mode; middleware; multimedia applications; network adaptive applications; network reservation protocol; network resources; quality of service; specification; Adaptive systems; Application software; Asynchronous transfer mode; Bandwidth; Protocols; Quality of service; Signal design; Telecommunication traffic; User interfaces;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1999. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0253-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/MMCS.1999.778382
Filename :
778382
Link To Document :
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