Lasse Metso,
Service Management in IP Networks.
Lappeenranta University of Technology, (Jan. 2000) pp. 82

Abstract

The number of services in IP networks have increased. IP-based services have become available in cable television and in mobile systems. This has raised the importance of service management. In current IP networks, there are security, scalability and Quality of Services promlems. The Quality of Services becomes more important when realtime high-capasity applications are used. In future, the amount of IP traffic is estimated to increase over hundred times in three years. New network and service management systems have been developed. In this thesis policy-based networking is researched.

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