| Abstract: |
The provision of guaranteed QoS in the Internet requires appropriate system suppport for both resource allocation and charging. Differentiated Services defines an approach for the former
which is targeted at a high level of scalability. The inclusion of flow-based chargng characteristics, such as QoS, extent of service usage and traffic destination dependencies, into
Differentiated Services models requires specific system components including destination related price tables, traffic counters, and specific control schemes for inter-provider service
agreements. In this paper, we describe ann evaluate these components with respect to their spatial and temporal scalability. |
