Policy-based QoS architecture in the IP multimedia subsystem of UMTS

The third-generation mobile system, or Universal Mobile Telecommunication System, will offer IP-based multimedia applications and services with end-to-end QoS guarantee. The key part providing these services is the policy-based QoS control architecture in the IP multimedia subsystem (IMS). In this tutorial we describe the network entities involved in the policy-based QoS architecture, their interactions to realize guaranteed QoS in the UMTS network, and the communication interfaces employed in the interactions.     

Analysis of end-to-end QoS for networked virtual reality services in UMTS

Virtual reality services may be considered a good representative of advanced services in the new-generation network. The focus of this article is to address quality of service support for VR services in the context of the UMTS QoS framework specified by the 3G standardization forum, the Third Generation Partnership Project. We propose a classification of VR services based on delivery requirements (real-time or non-real-time) and degree of interactivity that maps to existing UMTS QoS classes and service attributes. The mapping is based on matching VR service requirements to performance parameters and target values defined for UMTS applications. Test cases involving heterogeneous VR applications are defined, using as a reference a general model for VR service design and delivery. Measurements of network parameters serve to determine the end-to-end QoS requirements of the considered applications, which are in turn mapped to proposed VR service classes.     

基于MPLS承载架构的IMS网络QoS研究

在全IP化网络环境下提供高等级的Qos保证是IMS商用化的前提.本文在对3GPP IMS体系结构的Qos策略控制机制进行分析后,给出了从核心网和承载网多个层次实现IMS网络端到端的QoS保证的解决思路.     

Signalling end-to-end optical services over multi-domain networks

This paper proposes a new UCLP (User-Controlled LightPath) architecture that offers end-to-end optical services provisioning in a multi-domain network. It also shows the experimental results of our UCLP software tool implemented on the Canarie optical network testbed. This work is motivated by the growing need for end-to-end lightpaths to support high volume data transferring applications such as GridFTP (GRID File Transfer Protocol) and SAN (Storage Area Networks) over multi-domain networks. The main problems encountred while provisioning end-to-end optical service in a multi-domain network are investigated and a review of the different interdomain signalling approaches is provided in comparison with our user-controlled lightpath provisioning approach. Various interdomain signalling approaches are discussed and compared to justify the necessity of signalling methods at the application level for long-duration applications.     

浅谈IP多媒体子系统业务平台

文章研究了3GPP在UMTSRel5、Rel6演进版本中提出的IP多媒体子系统(IMS),描述了IMS在基于分组域上提供电话和非电话业务的系统架构。IMS的提出对固网和移动网络的融合起到了很大的推动作用,研究基于IMS的统一业务平台对下一代业务平台体系架构具有一定参考意义。     

UMTS核心网中基于区分服务的QoS控制模型

3G新业务的发展，要求UMTS提供端到端QoS控制。文章构建了在UMTS核心网中为不同业务类提供QoS保证的区分服务模型，提出了从UMTS业务类到DiffServ域服务等级的映射方案，设计了一种新的队列调度算法，采用优先级和分离机制，在流量调整器配合下可满足不同业务类的QoS要求。最后，通过模拟实验证明了模型的有效性。     

Policy-based QoS-management architecture in an integrated UMTS and WLAN environment

Strong demands for public wireless broadband services will require more capacity than even that can be,supplied by advanced mobile cellular systems like the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System. The increasing popularity of WLANs has prompted mobile network operators to consider their deployment in high-density usage areas like indoor/outdoor public hotspots to provide complementary broadband access to their UMTS networks. In order to provide consistent QoS control over an integrated UMTS and WLAN system, a policy-based multidomain QoS management architecture is proposed in this article. Different UMTS-WLAN interworking scenarios are discussed to illustrate the feasibility of the proposed architecture.     

Provision of end-to-end QoS in heterogeneous multi-domain networks

In this paper, we present the framework to provision end-to-end QoS in heterogeneous multi-domain networks that was implemented in EuQoS system and tested in Pan-European research network. It assumes that a pair of end users, possibly attached to different access networks as xDSL, UMTS, LAN/Ethernet, WiFi, MPLS or Satellite, may choose for its connection an appropriate end-to-end Class of Service, depending on the application they use, e.g. VoIP, VoD, FTP, etc. Each end-to-end Class of Service has its own traffic control mechanisms and algorithms and, as a result, it has the ability to handle traffic streams with assumed guarantees for packet transfer characteristics expressed in the form of loss ratio, mean delay and delay variation. The end-to-end Classes of Service are supported in all the domains (including inter-domain links) independently using specialised inter-domain Class of Service-aware QoS routing protocol which establishes the end-to-end QoS paths. This paper describes the solution and includes exemplary simulation and experimental results.     

SIP Multicast-Based Mobile Quality-of-Service Support over Heterogeneous IP Multimedia Subsystems

The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) all-IP network supports IP multimedia services through the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). This paper proposes a mobile Quality-of-Service (QoS) framework for heterogeneous IMS interworking. To reduce the handoff disruption time, this framework supports the IMS mobility based on the concept of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) multicast. In our approach, the mobility of a User Equipment (UE) is modeled as a transition in the multicast group membership. With the concept of dynamic shifting of the multicast group's members, the flow of actual data packets can be switched to the new route as quickly as possible. To overcome mobility impact on service guarantees, UEs need to make QoS resource reservations in advance at neighboring IMS networks, where they may visit during the lifetime of the ongoing sessions. These locations become the leaves of the multicast tree in our approach. To obtain more efficient use of the scarce wireless bandwidth, our approach allows UEs to temporarily exploit the inactive bandwidths reserved by other UEs in the current IMS/access network. Analytic and simulation models are developed to investigate our resource reservation scheme. The results indicate that our scheme yields comparable performance to that of the previously proposed channel assignment schemes.     

融合网络的QoS问题探讨

通信网络的融合需要更完善的服务质量（QoS）体系。引入基于IP多媒体子系统（IMS）框架的QoS资源控制架构是解决融合网络QoS问题的方法。基于IMS框架的QoS控制架构将业务、QoS保证、资源控制和计费结合起来，是融合网络，特别是当前固网运营商急需的体系架构，能解决固网运营商当前运营过程中面临的问题，使其可以开展更多有QoS保证的多媒体业务，如3D游戏等，有助于运营商从通信带宽提供服务商向通信业务运营商转型。     

A flexible and distributed architecture for adaptive end-to-end QoS provisioning in next-generation networks

A novel distributed end-to-end quality-of-service (QoS) provisioning architecture based on the concept of decoupling the end-to-end QoS provisioning from the service provisioning at routers in the differentiated service (DiffServ) network is proposed. The main objective of this architecture is to enhance the QoS granularity and flexibility offered in the DiffServ network model and improve both the network resource utilization and user benefits. The proposed architecture consists of a new endpoint admission control referred to as explicit endpoint admission control at the user side, the service vector which allows a data flow to choose different services at different routers along its data path, and a packet marking architecture and algorithm at the router side. The achievable performance of the proposed approach is studied, and the corresponding results demonstrate that the proposed mechanism can have better service differentiation capability and lower request dropping probability than the integrated service over DiffServ schemes. Furthermore, it is shown that it preserves a friendly networking environment for conventional transmission control protocol flows and maintains the simplicity feature of the DiffServ network model.     

第三代移动通信中的服务质量及技术挑战

第三代移动通信(3G)系统将Internet和移动通信相结合，使得移动通信中业务的数量和种类得到前所未有的增长。各种实时和多媒体业务的不断涌现，要求提供端到端的服务质量(QoS)保证。与Internet相比，3G系统中的QoS具有自身的特点，给3G系统QoS的实现带来更大的技术挑战。本文总结了这一领域近年来众多的研究成果，对实现3G系统中的QoS所面临的挑战进行分析，指出了几种技术解决途径，提出了无线接口的QoS实现框架，最后展望了3G的未来及支持QoS的技术发展方向。     

CDMA 2000 1xEVDO Rev.A系统的QoS应用

随着数据用户和数据业务的迅猛发展,运营商网络的承载压力不断加大,如何综合考虑网络资源利用最大化和用户间公平性,是目前网络运行商面临的主要问题。文章对QoS概念、QoS模型、3G业务的QoS分类以及CDMA 2000 1xEVDORev.A端到端QoS的体系结构进行了说明,并对EVDORev.A系统中端到端QoS保证的系统实现进行了介绍。文章认为第三代无线通信技术CDMA 2000 1xEVDORev.A能提供端到端的QoS解决方案,它不仅增强了对实时业务的支持,还可以大大提升网络服务性能。     

3G UMTS中的IP多媒体子系统探析

下一代的移动通信系统将基于全IP的网络构架,提供开放的业务生成环境。3GPP在其UMTSR5版本中首次引入了IP多媒体子系统(IMS)的概念,作为下一代网络的重要平台,IMS不仅实现了固网与移动网业务的无缝融合,还有利于运营商快速、灵活地开发更加丰富多彩的移动多媒体业务,从而吸引大量的终端用户。文章在描述IMS体系结构的基础上,特别针对IMS中几个关键要素点进行了重点分析。     

IMS关键技术及业务应用研究

3GPP UMTS体系标准的R5版本中引入的IMS是为支持移动多媒体业务而设计,是第三代移动通信核心网络的重要组成部分。论文首先对IMS的关键技术做了归纳总结,然后重点介绍了IMS的安全功能。在此基础上讨论了IMS中的业务架构和基本业务。     

Design and performance evaluation of active bandwidth brokers

With the arrivals of critical data transactions and multimedia applications, the needs of network services with different Quality of Service (QoS) guarantees increase rapidly. In order to ensure the delivery of information with a desired quality at the application layer, policy-based management (pbm) systems should be deployed at network service providers for configuring network devices properly. A policy-based management system is capable of resolving and enforcing policy rules in realizing end-to-end QoS for all kinds of network connections. In this paper, a novel design of policy-based management system based on active networks is proposed. Active network technology empowers network routers the ability to execute and move data and program code as needed. It is used in the proposed design (Active Bandwidth Broker architecture) to achieve the goals of system scalability and reliability. Moreover, policy control operations can be distributed among different active nodes. Thus, the architecture reduces the aggregate amount of policy control traffic in networks and expedites the response times on policy requests. Furthermore, the Policy Decision Point is a mobile agent that moves and avoids encountering network congestion situations. A system prototype has been constructed to implement the designed architecture. It has successfully demonstrated that the new design framework offers architecture flexibility, improves system reliability, and provides system scalability in handling a large number of service requests.     

A management and control architecture for providing IPdifferentiated services in MPLS-based networks

As the Internet evolves toward the global multiservice network of the future, a key consideration is support for services with guaranteed quality of service. The proposed differentiated services framework is seen as the key technology to achieve this. DiffServ currently concentrates on control/data plane mechanisms to support QoS, but also recognizes the need for management plane aspects through the bandwidth broker. In this article we propose a model and architectural framework for supporting DiffServ-based end-to-end QoS in the Internet, assuming underlying MPLS-based explicit routed paths. The proposed integrated management and control architecture will allow providers to offer both quantitative and qualitative services while optimizing the use of underlying network resources     

Resource management and quality of service in third generationwireless networks

The third generation networks and services present opportunities to offer multimedia applications and services that meet end-to-end quality of service requirements. The key parts of the standards are already in place, and limited 3G services have already been turned on. While the evolution to 3G occurs, many operators will implement 2.5G interim solutions for a good period of time. We discuss the various evolution scenarios from the present 2G networks to 3G networks. Then we present the UMTS QoS architecture and its requirements, followed by a discussion on QoS in 3G air interfaces, radio access network, and core network     

A Study on a Differentiated Service Queuing Scheme Based on Transmitted Bytes Within a UMTS Core Network Gateway

Universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) is a popular 3G system to support network applications full of variety. According to the quality of service (QoS) features of four types of UMTS traffic, this study proposes a BBQ (byte-based queuing) scheme to handle a UMTS packet forwarding process in differentiation. With the BBQ scheme, four types of UMTS traffic depend on their QoS features to receive differentiated packet forwarding performance within a UMTS core network. Several scenarios are simulated to realize the packet transmission performance of the BBQ scheme. Moreover, a packet transmission performance comparison between the IETF RIO scheme and the BBQ scheme is discussed in this study. The simulation results show that a differentiated packet forwarding behavior among UMTS traffic can be provided by the BBQ scheme with low cost operation/architecture; this demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed queuing scheme.     

一种异构网络中基于聚集流的水平QoS映射方法

保证无线异构网络端到端QoS需求,同时兼容现有网络业务和未来需求,是下一代网络的一个研究热点。QoS映射是保证异构网络端到端QoS的有效方法。该文提出一种基于聚集流的QoS映射方法(QoS Mapping Technology based on Flow Aggregate, QMT-FA),该方法在现有物理网络上建立虚拟的流处理层,在流处理层,原网络中的QoS参数被映射执行器透明封装,映射执行器根据网络情况决定是原样转发还是解聚集。通过建立基于高维的聚集流映射空间,屏蔽了多级网络间映射累积误差影响终端网络QoS指标,保证了异构网络端到端QoS;基于聚集流的QoS映射方法具有较好的可扩展性和伸缩性,能应用于现有的各种异构网络系统和应用业务。最后,通过数值和仿真分析验证了该方法的有效性。