Internet QoS : architectures and mechanisms for quality of service / Zheng Wang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Zheng.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Evaluation.

Telecommunication--Traffic--Management.

Internet.

Physical Description:

xv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Morgan Kaufmann, [2001]

Summary:

Quality of Service -- QoS, for short -- refers to the ability of network providers to guarantee certain performance levels to the applications and people who use a network. On the Internet, this is exceedingly difficult, thanks to the wide range of variables that can affect and undermine service. Establishing Internet Quality of Service is essential if the Internet is to become a true communications network, one capable of supporting not just email and file transfer, but also streaming video and voice and other time-sensitive applications.

Supporting QoS in the Internet is the first book to dig deep into the issues that affect providers' ability to offer QoS guarantees. For software and hardware engineers, network architects, system designers, and network administrators, it offers both a broad vision of the problem and many specific analyses -- information that adds up to a meaningful first step towards surmounting Quality of Service obstacles.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-223) and index.

ISBN:

1558606084

OCLC:

45422137