Analysis and Design of Advanced Multiservice Networks Supporting Mobility, Multimedia, and Internetworking: COST Action 279 Final Report - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 144193927X ISBN 13: 9781441939272

Publisher: Springer, 2010

Synopsis

This book constitutes the Final Report of COST Action 279, Analysis and DesignofAdvancedMultiserviceNetworkssupportingMultimedia,Mobility, andInterworking, a guided tour of the state-of-the-art work on diverse aspects of modern telecommunications networks design developed within this Action during the four years of its operation, started on July 1, 2001, and ended on June 30, 2005. As stated in its founding charter, its Memorandum of Understanding, the work area of COST 279 is the analysis, design, and control aspects of prese- day networks-quite a wide scope. Behind the unifying fac ¸ade put on by the Internet Protocol (IP) network layer, todays networks hide a mess of hete- geneity: heterogeneity at the level of applications, both concerning the traf?c they produce and the network Quality of Service (QoS) they require, and h- erogeneity at the level of network component subsystems, in particular an - creasingly important mobile/wireless access segment. A common ground for the treatment of this disparate set of topics was given by the strong meth- ological component contained in the approach followed in COST 279, with importance placed on the development and application, whenever possible, of analytical techniques and models for the mathematical understanding of the systems under study. The results expected from the Action ranged thus from mathematical models and algorithms as entities of own interest to the und- standing of systembehavior via their application.

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Analysis and Design of Advanced Multiservice Networks Supporting Mobility, Multimedia, and Internetworking The recent trend towards the interoperability of traditionally separate networks, such as terrestrial, wireless/cellular, and satellite, for the support of multimedia applications poses new and significantly challenging problems to network design. This book reports on the state-of-the-art work developed during the four years of operation of the COST 279 Action, Analysis and Design of Advanced Multiservice Networks supporting Mobility, Multimedia, and Internetworking, by its participating researchers, originating from over 40 research institutions from the academic, industrial, and telecom operator worlds. The work includes both fundamental, methodological, a...

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144193927X
• ISBN 13: 9781441939272
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268
• Editor: Brazio Jose, Tran-Gia Phuoc, Akar Nail, Beben Andrzej, Burakowski Wojciech, Fiedler Markus, Karasan Ezhan, Menth Michael, Olivier Philippe, Tutschku Kurt, Wittevrongel Sabine