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QoS filters: Addressing the heterogeneity gap

  • Session 6: Continuous-media Streams: Scheduling and Filtering
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Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Services (IDMS 1996)

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Abstract

Disparities in current computer technologies exist between networks, end-systems and user applications. Problems resulting from this heterogeneity gap are at their most acute in distributed multipeer environments. This paper addresses Quality of Service (QoS) disparities in heterogeneous multipeer internetworking and proposes the use of filters to bridge this aspect of the heterogeneity gap. These filter mechanisms must be sufficient adaptive to handle dynamic changes in both end-system and network capabilities. This paper discusses various filter mechanisms implemented at Lancaster University and the software developed to evaluate the feasibility of these mechanisms within a dynamic QoS controlled architecture.

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  1. Computing Department, Lancaster University, UK

    Nicholas Yeadon, Andreas Mauthe, Francisco García & David Hutchison

  2. Telecoms Management Department, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, UK

    Francisco García

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Yeadon, N., Mauthe, A., García, F., Hutchison, D. (1996). QoS filters: Addressing the heterogeneity gap. In: Butscher, B., Moeller, E., Pusch, H. (eds) Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Services. IDMS 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1045. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60938-5_16

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