A new direction for quality of service: flow-aware networking

In this paper we present the architectural implications of flow-aware networking, or FAN, a new approach for realizing QoS guarantees. FAN performs traffic control based on user-defined flows using implicit admission control and per-flow scheduling. This allows adequate performance guarantees for st...

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Published in2005 Next Generation Internet Networks pp. 226 - 232
Main Authors Oueslati, S., Roberts, J.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2005
Subjects
Admission control
Bandwidth
Communication system traffic control
IP networks
Proposals
Quality of service
Research and development
Telecommunication traffic
Traffic control
Web and internet services
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ISBN9780780389007
078038900X
DOI10.1109/NGI.2005.1431670

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Summary:In this paper we present the architectural implications of flow-aware networking, or FAN, a new approach for realizing QoS guarantees. FAN performs traffic control based on user-defined flows using implicit admission control and per-flow scheduling. This allows adequate performance guarantees for streaming and elastic flows without requiring class of service distinction or relying on signalled traffic specifications. We argue that FAN is a new direction for Internet quality of service that is arguably necessary as an alternative to flawed classical architectures and sufficient to meet user performance requirements in a cost-effective way.
ISBN:9780780389007
078038900X
DOI:10.1109/NGI.2005.1431670