IP has a major role in the evolution of networks and services. Issues relating to end-to-end network and service management which offers advanced services, are addressed in this book; making it a defining work on this topic.Contributors.
Introduction.
1 Current Practice and Evolution (Salah Aidarous).
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Evolution of Network Architecture.
1.3 Technology Breakthrough.
1.4 IP Management Challenges.
1.5 IP/PSTN Integration.
1.7 Summary.
2 eCommerce (Paul Levine).
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 eCommerce Requirements.
2.3 Open-edi.
2.4 Business Operational View.
2.5 Semantics (Data Definition Standards).
2.6 Shared Semantics for Interoperability (Data Exchange Standards).
2.7 Summary.
3 Quality of Service in IP Networks (Joberto Sérgio Barbosa Martins).
Introduction.
3.1 IP Context and Quality of Service.
3.2 Quality of Service.
3.3 Quality of Service: Approaches and Initiatives for IP Networks.
3.4 Packet Conditioning, Queue Scheduling, and Congestion Control in Routers.
3.5 Integrated Services Architecture.
3.6 Differentiated Services Architecture.
3.7 Multiprotocol Label Switching.
3.8 Summary.
4 A Survey of Charging Internet Services (Burkhard Stiller).
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Motivation and Terminology.
4.3 Related Work.
4.4 Internet Services and Technology Choices.
4.5 Pricing Models.&lă…
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