The cost of quality in Internet-style networks.

The cost of quality in Internet-style networks.

In broad terms, the quality of service (QoS) of a wide-area network is a measure: of how well it does its job-how quickly and reliably it transfers various kinds of data, including digitized voice and video traffic, from source to destination. With the advent of packet switching and the proliferatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE spectrum 37, 9 (2000).
Main Author: Dutta-Roy, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Internet-style networks.
Data rate.
Data transfer.
Large data files.
Packet switching.
Quality of service.
Service level agreements.
Still images.
Time-sensitive financial transactions.
Video communication.
Voice communication.