Middleware-based connection management for QoS-enabled networks

Errin W. Fulp, John R. Smith, Tong Zhang, Sethuraman Panchanathan
2004 Internet Multimedia Management Systems V  
Many applications require network performance bounds, or Quality of Service (QoS), for their proper operation. This is achieved through the appropriate allocation of network resources; however, providing end-to-end QoS is becoming more complex, due to the increasing heterogeneity of networks. For example, end-to-end QoS can be provided through the concatenation of services across multiple networks (domains), but each domain may employ different network technologies as well as different QoS
more » ... dologies. As a result, management strategies are needed to provide QoS across multiple domains in a scalable and economically feasible manner. This paper describes a microeconomic-based middleware architecture that allows the specification and acquisition of QoS and resource policies. The architecture consists of users, bandwidth brokers, and network domains. Executing applications, users require network QoS obtained via middleware from a bandwidth broker. Bandwidth brokers then interact with one another to provide end-to-end QoS connections across multiple domains. This is done in a BGP manner which recursively provides end-to-end services in a scalable fashion. Using this framework, this paper describes management strategies to optimally provision and allocate end-to-end connections. The methods maintain a low blocking probability, and maximize utility and profit, which are increasingly important as network connectivity evolves as an industry.
doi:10.1117/12.580063 fatcat:esuh7sqkcnespnozbehcfzz7yy