QoS in Packet Networks

• Main Author: Park, Kun I. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 779
• Subjects: Computer science.; Input-output equipment (Computers).; Computer organization.; Computer communication systems.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Mathematical statistics.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.; Math Applications in Computer Science.; Probability and Statistics in Computer Science.; Input/Output and Data Communications.; Mathematics of Computing.

QoS is an important subject which occupies a central place in overall packet network technologies. A complex subject, its analysis involves such mathematical disciplines as probability, random variables, stochastic processes and queuing. These mathematical subjects are abstract, not easy to grasp fo...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Mathematics for QoS
• QoS Metrics
• IP QoS Generic Functional Requirements
• IP Integrated Services and Differentiated Services
• QoS in ATM Networks
• MPLS
• References.