A set-top box for end-to-end QoS management and home network gateway in IMS

Author

Siddiqui, Muhammad Shoaib ; Amin, Syed Obaid ; Hong, Choong Seon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng., Kyung Hee Univ., South Korea

Volume

55

Issue

2

fYear

2009

fDate

5/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

527

Lastpage

534

Abstract

As the next generation networks promise network convergence with services for both static and mobile networks, the research focus is converging towards standardizing a common infrastructure for all-IP networks. IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is a recent initiative, which outlines a service delivery platform (SDP) framework. A flexible and robust QoS management system for IMS is essential to ascertain the achievability of service quality on these converged networks. As Triple and Quadruple Play services are the most celebrated services of IMS in the near future, the necessity of QoS assurance is becoming an imminent need of the hour. Multimedia services delivery in converged IP networks using IMS, concentrates on ensuring capabilities to ensure the best QoS. To meet these requirements, we have designed a set-top box which provides feedback in IMS management architecture to ensure end-toend QoS as well as enables the functionalities of Regional Gateway for the Home Network. Results of the simulation confirm the improvement of performance parameters and the quality of service.

Keywords

IP networks; computer network management; home computing; internetworking; mobile computing; multimedia communication; network servers; quality of service; IP multimedia subsystem; Regional Gateway; all-IP networks; end-to-end QoS management; home network gateway; mobile networks; network convergence; next generation networks; quadruple play services; robust QoS management system; service delivery platform framework; service quality; set-top box; static networks; triple play services; Convergence; Home automation; IP networks; Multimedia systems; Next generation networking; Quality management; Quality of service; Robustness; Streaming media; US Department of Transportation; IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), Quality of; Service (QoS), Set-top box, Home Gateway, end-to-end QoS;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2009.5174417

Filename

5174417