This book shows how to determine quality requirements of services, it discusses and considers the various means of allocating network resources and of supervising the service quality. Furthermore, it explores strategies for allocating network resources and their relation to revenue or operator utility as well as service allocation optimization. The book concludes with a Nokia case study that illustrates the previously mentioned concepts.ssential reading for networking professionals wishing to understand service quality management in IP networks, as well as students needing to understand principles and basic techniques of service quality management.
The challenge to present-day IP networks comes from advanced realtime services such as streaming and voice/video conferencing, which are demanding applications from the viewpoint of network technology. This book addresses the service quality support technologies needed to deliver different types of content over IP network.
TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Drivers for the Adoption of Multi-service Networks
Chapter 02 - Service Quality Requirements
Chapter 03 - Network Mechanisms for Multi-service Quality Support
Chapter 04 - Traffic Engineering for Multi-service IP Networks
Chapter 05 - Mapping Service Requirements to Network Resources
Chapter 06 - Service Level Management Techniques
Chapter 07 - Measurements
Chapter 08 - Mechanisms for Dynamic Service Quality Control
Chapter 09 - Case Study: Service Quality Support in an IP-based Cellular RAN
Chapter 10 - Conclusion