The realization of ubiquitous access to Internet services in the next generation of mobile networks (NGN) needs to address the increasingly important challenges of networks cross-bridging, mobility and Quality of Service (QoS) for different kinds of multimedia services. Current mechanisms for providing QoS cover predominantly single facets of the global QoS management. However, QoS is a system aspect that crosses all components and layers of a distributed multimedia system. Consequently, the control mechanisms for service management turn to be increasingly complex with the growing system...
The realization of ubiquitous access to Internet services in the next generation of mobile networks (NGN) needs to address the increasingly import...