The notion of cost and quality in packet switched networks: An abstract approach

Author

Wang, Ling ; Verma, Pramode K.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Oklahoma-Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

12-14 May 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The notion of quality is an important factor in the design of any complex communication system. Since most communication systems are increasingly dependent on packet switching as the underlying transport mechanism, this paper explores the impact of levels of quality that a packet switched system can have on cost. Several interesting results are presented that result in the notion of an optimum level of load that a packet switched system can handle given a defined upper bound on latency that a specified percentage of packets would suffer. The results presented offer a fresh insight into the relationship between cost and quality and can be used to optimize the throughput of a packet switched system under specified levels of quality.

Keywords

Internet telephony; packet switching; pricing; quality of service; QoS; VoIP; complex communication system; packet switched network; pricing model; quality of service; Costs; Delay effects; Internet telephony; Packet switching; Pricing; Quality of service; Switched systems; Throughput; Traffic control; Upper bound; Capacity; Latency; Packet Switched Networks; Quality of Service (QoS;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications Quality and Reliability, 2009. CQR 2009. IEEE International Workshop Technical Committee on

Conference_Location

Naples, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4288-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4289-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CQR.2009.5137354

Filename

5137354