Providing quality of service in heterogeneous environments : proceedings of the 18th International Teletraffic Congress -- ITC-18, Berlin, Germany, 31 August - 5 September 2003
J. Charzinsky, Ralf Lehnert, Phuoc Tran‐Gia · Elsevier eBooks · 2003
The ITC submissions reflect the current developments in telecommunications: a paradigm shift to IP related issues, heterogeneous network structures, search for new services, uncertainty toward quality of service, and service level monitoring. A clear trend is crystallised by a close look at the proceedings: In the emerging telecommunication environment, the role of teletraffic is increasingly important but has to be redefined. The topics of 6 plenary and 23 parallel sessions give an idea of the broad range of issues covered by ITC18: Next Generation Networks & MPLS UMTS Topology Models & Ad Hoc Networks Traffic Characterisation & Web Performance Network Planning & Dimensioning Routing Resource Allocation Measurements Statistical Multiplexing Traffic Modelling Queueing Systems TCP Modelling Network Planning Methods Cellular Networks TCP Enhancements Optical Networks Wireless LAN Wireless Networks QoS & Economics QoS Provisioning Admission Control & Policing Voice over IP Adaptive Queue Manage-ment Application Servers.