Title :
COPS-SLS: a service level negotiation protocol for the Internet
Author :
Nguyen, Thi Mai Trang ; Boukhatem, Nadia ; Doudane, Yacine Ghamri ; Pujolle, Guy
fDate :
5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The deployment of QoS over the Internet may achieve protocols for the negotiation of service levels, as well as mechanisms for the end-to-end realization of service level agreements. Such general-purpose protocols include Common Open Policy Service (COPS) for policy specification within a domain. This article proposes an extension of the COPS protocol for intra- and interdomain service level negotiation. The proposed protocol is known as COPS-SLS. This allows the configuration of domain policies regarding service levels, and the automatic negotiation of service levels within the domain policies
Keywords :
Internet; open systems; quality of service; transport protocols; COPS protocol; COPS-SLS; Common Open Policy Service; IP networks; Internet; QoS; automatic negotiation; domain policies negotiation; general-purpose protocols; inter-domain service level negotiation; intra-domain service level negotiation; policy specification; policy-based networking; service level agreements; service level negotiation protocol; Costs; IP networks; Laser sintering; Multiprotocol label switching; Pricing; Protocols; Quality of service; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Web and internet services;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
