The interpretation of monitor cell data for the estimation of per-service QoS statistics in a connection-oriented data network

Author

Tunnicliffe, Martin J. ; Mouharam, Aimen A K

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Syst., Kingston Univ., Surrey, UK

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

22-24 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

243

Abstract

This paper presents a study of in-service QoS monitoring of multiple heterogeneous traffic streams, for the purpose of optimal bandwidth partitioning in an ATM-like network. The problems are essentially threefold: firstly, a limited quantity of monitor-data must be used to derive a reliable and accurate "belief" about user-data QoS. Secondly, the effects of interaction between monitor- and user-data must either be eliminated or accounted for in subsequent calculations. Thirdly, the distortion introduced by variable bit-rate traffic profiles must also be corrected. Solutions to all these three problems are described and demonstrated by means of computer simulation.

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; bandwidth allocation; digital simulation; quality of service; statistical analysis; telecommunication computing; telecommunication networks; telecommunication traffic; ATM; ATM-like network; ISM; computer simulation; connection-oriented data network; heterogeneous traffic streams; monitor cell data; multiple traffic streams; optimal bandwidth partitioning; per-service QoS statistics estimation; quality of service; user-data QoS; variable bit-rate traffic; Bandwidth; Computer networks; Computer simulation; Delay estimation; Intelligent networks; Monitoring; Quality of service; Statistics; Telecommunication traffic; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

EUROCON 2003. Computer as a Tool. The IEEE Region 8

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7763-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURCON.2003.1248019

Filename

1248019