Management of quality of service enabled VPNs

Author

Braun, Torsten ; Guenter, Manuel ; Khalil, Ibrahim

Author_Institution

Bern Univ., Switzerland

Volume

39

Issue

5

fYear

2001

fDate

5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

90

Lastpage

98

Abstract

New emerging IP services based on differentiated services and the IP security architecture offer the level of communication support that corporate Internet applications need nowadays. However, these services add an additional degree of complexity to IP networks which will require sophisticated management support. The management of enhanced IP services for their customers is thus an emerging important task for Internet service providers. This article describes a potential management architecture service providers will need for that task, considering problems such as multiprovider services and service automation. We focus on a quality-enhanced virtual private network service which is particularly useful for corporate internetworking

Keywords

Internet; business communication; computer network management; internetworking; quality of service; security of data; telecommunication security; transport protocols; IP networks; IP security architecture; IP services management; IPSec VPN tunnels; Internet service providers; QoS enabled VPN management; QoS guarantees; Web access; corporate Internet applications; corporate internetworking; differentiated services; management architecture; multiprovider services; quality of service enabled VPN; quality-enhanced virtual private network service; service automation; Automation; Communication system operations and management; IP networks; Protection; Quality management; Quality of service; Resource management; Telecommunication traffic; Virtual private networks; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.920862

Filename

920862