Management of Multimedia Networks and Services

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Telecommunications Services Creation and Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A Generic Component Model for the design of future telecommunication services

      • Xavier Logean, Jean-Pierre Hubaux, Simon Znaty

      Pages 3-16

   3. Towards building manageable multimedia network services

      • C. Aurrecoechea, A. A. Lazar, R. Stadler

      Pages 17-30

   4. The SESMU Project: Integrated customer management for multimedia services

      • L. A. de la Fuente, J. Gallego, P. Llamas

      Pages 31-34

   5. DiSC - An Object Oriented Distributed Session Control Implemented with Java

      • E. Wedlund, C. Johnsson, B. J. Olsson

      Pages 35-38

3. Quality of Service Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. A Multi-Agent Architecture for Cooperative Quality of Service Management

      • Abdelhakim Hafid, Stefan Fischer

      Pages 41-54

   3. QoS Monitoring for ATM-based Networks

      • H. R. Wiltfang, C. Schmidt

      Pages 55-66

   4. A new flexible and modular QoS mapping framework based on psychophysics

      • C. Gbaguidi, O. Verscheure, J.-P. Hubaux

      Pages 67-80

4. New Technologies for Network and Service Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Implementing TMN using CORBA Object Distribution

      • O. Potonniée, L. H. Hauw, D. Ranc, Y. Bardout, Z. Canela

      Pages 83-94

   3. A KQML-CORBA based Architecture for Intelligent Agents Communication in Cooperative Service and Network Management

      • D. Benech, T. Desprats, Y. Raynaud

      Pages 95-106

   4. Moving Knowledge Agents for Network and Service Management

      • T. Zhang, S. Covaci

      Pages 107-118

   5. Managing CORBA based Agent Through an OSI/TMN System

      • Nazim Agoulmine, Faouzi Ababsa, José Neuman de Souza

      Pages 119-122

5. ATM Call Admission/Congestion Control

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123

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   2. Fuzzy Logic for controlling call admission in ATM networks

      • M. Fontaine, D. G. Smith

      Pages 125-134

   3. An Intelligent Multi-Agent Architecture for Dynamic Regulation of ATM Congestion Control Parameters

      • Ahmed Mehaoua, Youssef Iraqi, Adel Ghlamallah

      Pages 135-149

   4. Quantitative study of uncontrolled transients on ABR congestion control

      • Eduardo S. C. Takahashi

      Pages 150-161

6. Atm Architecture & IP Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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With the continual growth in telecommunication services in today's multimedia environment, reliability and control are essential elements in the provision of services. This book addresses the need for an integration of service and management in multimedia networks in order to facilitate greater accuracy and quality in the services provided. The book aims to disseminate all facets of network and service management in broadband networks and multimedia services while providing an overview of state-of-the-art research and implementation experiences in the field.

• Quality of Service
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• communication
• multimedia
• network
• telecommunications

• Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montreal (CRIM), Montreal, Canada

  Raouf Boutaba, Abdelhakim Hafid

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