End-to-End Quality of Service Over Heterogeneous Networks

• Main Authors: Braun, Torsten (Author), Staub, Thomas (Author), Diaz, Michel (Author), Enríquez-Gabeiras, José (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.

The book presents mechanisms, protocols, and system architectures to achieve end-to-end Quality-of-Service (QoS) over heterogeneous wired/wireless networks in the Internet. Particular focus is on measurement techniques, traffic engineering mechanisms and protocols, signalling protocols as well as tr...

Table of Contents:

• Motivation and Basics
• QoS Measurements in IP-based Networks
• Traffic Engineering
• Signalling
• Enhanced Transport Protocols
• The EuQoS System
• Summary and Outlook
• Appendix A: Implementing Protocols on Network Simulators
• Appendix B: Network Emulation Focusing on QoS-Oriented Satellite Communication.