Availability has commonly been considered as an atomic property, indicating the average
amount of time a system is working as planned. This, however, should be further detailed …

This thesis addresses the problem of rapid development and dynamic deployment of
services in the distributed service environment. It is not enough to deploy services rapidly, as …

VI Preface much! Last but not least we would like to thank Manfred Reitenspieß who has
been the guiding force behind ISAS and the Service Availability Forum. I hope that the …

Abstract Lucent IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture provides an open framework for
multimedia applications that support blended text, voice, and video services. Providing …

This paper presents a new geometrical view of the concept of Quality of Service (QoS). QoS
is of utmost importance and quite often referred to when handling information in distributed …

In this paper we introduce a new model for the definition and the implementation of quality of
service (QoS) in distributed multimedia systems. The model provides both the users and the …

The quality of service is one of most important areas of Internet development. As the Internet
originally developed for data communications is now used more and more for real-time …

This paper discusses the particular characteristies of multimedia traffic which make service
provision so difficult; examines current proposals to develop a relationship between user …

Abstract Service composition, especially the reusability of distributed Internet Protocol (IP)
multimedia services, will play a decisive role in future telecommunication networks …

Within this chapter quality of service management strategies are assessed with respect to
their applicability and efficiency in the ATM context. In particular addressing the service …