— This paper presents the “allocated-capacity” framework for providing different levels of best-effort service in times of network congestion. The “allocatedcapacity” fra...
Abstract--A widespread design approach in distributed applications based on the service-oriented paradigm, such as web-services, consists of clearly separating the enforcement of a...
There are two basic types of interconnection agreements between providers in the Internet: peering and transit. A decision every Internet network service provider (INSP) has to ma...
We present a tool for performance modeling of Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs). As mission-critical use of whole-ofgovernment SOAs become pervasive, the capability to model a...
Abstract—Resource management is a key challenge that service providers must adequately face in order to ensure their profitability. This paper describes a proof-of-concept frame...