As more and more enterprise applications are running in distributed computer networks, the
loss of revenue due to down time or poor performance of the applications is increasing …

With the numerous emerging real-time and multimedia applications, there has been much
interest for develo** mechanisms which enable real-time services over the Internet. These …

Ubiquitous computing promises an execution environment that pervasively delivers
applications to the user, despite changes in resources, devices, and locations. In a …

For distributed multimedia applications, the development of adaptive QoS (quality of service)
management mechanisms is needed to guarantee various and changeable end-to-end QoS …

We present a model for personalized communication services based on the concept of user
quality of perception (known QoP), to be used in multimedia service models and in the …

インターネットのブロードバンド化に伴い, 動画像データの複数端末への実時間配送サービスが増加
していくものと考えられる. その際, 各受信端末の通信環境, すなわち利用可能なネットワーク及び …

Nowadays, as the various applications emerge, to address the problem of the end-to-end
QoS guarantee in the heterogeneous networks is becoming more and more important …

The important thing of QoS is that response time of service is transparently suggested to
resource management system and network users. This helps to schedule jobs or guarantee …

In a few years' time, most home entertainment devices, such as TV sets and VCRs, will be
fully digital, demanding computing methods to match strict temporal demands of audio and …

The use of services in large-scale and cross-organizational environments requires the
negotiation of agreements that define these services. This paper proposes to specify a …