Provisioning of IP multimedia services with guaranteed QoS to residential customers over heterogeneous networks. (2nd August 2006)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Androulidakis, S.; Kagklis, D.; Doukoglou, T.; Sykas, E.D.
• Is Part Of: International journal of internet protocol technology. Volume 1:Number 4(2006)
• Page Start: 221
• Page End: 227
• Publication Date: 2006-08-02
• Subjects: internet protocol -- quality of service -- QoS -- home networks -- multimedia services -- heterogeneous networks -- overlay model; File Transfer Protocol (Computer network protocol) -- Periodicals; Multicasting (Computer networks) -- Periodicals; 004.678
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-8209

Abstract

As content providers turn their attention towards the residential market, offering triple-play services over the expanding broadband access network, it is necessary to guarantee appropriate levels of quality. However, provisioning such services over a heterogeneous network is facilitated by adopting a common 'language' of defining quality policies. In this paper, we attempt to provision multimedia-rich services over such a network with guaranteed quality, based on an 'overlay' IP-based approach. This 'all-IP' approach will allow us to influence the treatment of service traffic along the network path from the content provider's network up to the home network, regardless of underlying technologies.