While more and more data is shifted from circuit-switched topacket-switched networks, the users of these networks expect asmooth, continuously unproblematic service (unrelated to the amountof data transported). Therefore, the reliability of a network aswell as the satisfaction of its users relies largely on Quality ofService (QoS). Service quality through resource management in IPnetworks will ensure that sufficient resources are available tofulfil the delay of applications and packet lossrequirements.
This year several books on QoS from the angle ofoperators/engineers have been published HOWEVER, none of thesetitles tackle the management side of the problem. This book showshow to determine quality requirements of services, it discusses andconsiders the various means of allocating network resources and ofsupervising the service quality. Furthermore, it exploresstrategies for allocating network resources and their relation torevenue or operator utility as well as service allocationoptimization. The book concludes with a Nokia case study thatillustrates the previously mentioned concepts.
Essential reading for networking professionals wishing tounderstand service quality management in IP networks, as well asstudents needing to understand principles and basic techniques ofservice quality management.
Vilho Räisänen
Communication Technology - Networks Electrical & Electronics Engineering Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik IP Kommunikationsnetze Netzwerk