The end-user application toolkit: A QoS portal for the next generation internet

Tsetsekas, CA; Maniatis, SI; Venieris, IS

dc.contributor.author	Tsetsekas, CA	en
dc.contributor.author	Maniatis, SI	en
dc.contributor.author	Venieris, IS	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:19:36Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:19:36Z
dc.date.issued	2003	en
dc.identifier.issn	1074-5351	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/15605
dc.subject	Application profiles	en
dc.subject	Codec profiles	en
dc.subject	Differentiated services	en
dc.subject	End-user application toolkit	en
dc.subject	Protocol gateways	en
dc.subject	Quality of service	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Electrical & Electronic	en
dc.subject.classification	Telecommunications	en
dc.subject.other	Bandwidth	en
dc.subject.other	Data communication systems	en
dc.subject.other	Gateways (computer networks)	en
dc.subject.other	Internet	en
dc.subject.other	Legacy systems	en
dc.subject.other	Middleware	en
dc.subject.other	Network protocols	en
dc.subject.other	Quality of service	en
dc.subject.other	Telecommunication services	en
dc.subject.other	Bandwidth brokers	en
dc.subject.other	Differentiated services	en
dc.subject.other	Integrated services	en
dc.subject.other	Protocol gateways	en
dc.subject.other	Computer aided software engineering	en
dc.title	The end-user application toolkit: A QoS portal for the next generation internet	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1002/dac.608	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dac.608	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2003	en
heal.abstract	The support of quality of service (QoS) in the Internet has become one of the most important topics within the Internet community. The introduction of the Integrated Services (IntServ) and the Differentiated Services (DiffServ) architectures was a major breakthrough in this direction. Enhanced by the Bandwidth Broker concept, DiffServ aims to provide QoS in the Internet through the prioritization of some IP flows over others. However, up to now the DiffServ architecture lacks a standard mechanism for the interaction between users/applications and the Bandwidth Brokers (BB), so that end-to-end QoS can be achieved. In this paper we present a distributed middleware architecture for the transparent support of QoS in the Internet. The paper focuses on bridging the gap that currently exists between applications and the network and presents the end-user application toolkit (EAT). The EAT middleware provides a framework for the presentation of network services to users, the description and selection of QoS parameters, the forwarding of reservation requests and the verification of the accredited QoS level. Through the concept of application profiles, it aims to support QoS for legacy applications, that is, commercial applications that cannot be modified to support QoS. Copyright (C) 2003 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.	en
heal.publisher	JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD	en
heal.journalName	International Journal of Communication Systems	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1002/dac.608	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000185380200003	en
dc.identifier.volume	16	en
dc.identifier.issue	7	en
dc.identifier.spage	605	en
dc.identifier.epage	626	en