Design and Implementation of a Measurement-Based Policy-Driven Resource   Management Framework For Converged Networks
  This paper presents the design and implementation of a measurement-based QoS and resource management framework, CNQF (Converged Networks QoS Management Framework). CNQF is designed to provide unified, scalable QoS control and resource management through the use of a policy-based network management paradigm. It achieves this via distributed functional entities that are deployed to co-ordinate the resources of the transport network through centralized policy-driven decisions supported by measurement-based control architecture. We present the CNQF architecture, implementation of the prototype and validation of various inbuilt QoS control mechanisms using real traffic flows on a Linux-based experimental test bed. 
Suleiman Y. Yerima, G.P. Parr, S. McCLean, P. J. Morrow, K. Sivalingam
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