Dynamic Contracting of IP Services – System Architecture and Prototype

Abstract

Proposition of architecture and implementation of prototype system for dynamic contracting IP services is presented. The system serves requests issued by users demanding setting up network service of specified parameters. DiffServ technology together with traffic engineering and admission control are used. Implementation details and results of tests are described. Necessary extensions and possibility of commercialization of such a system are discussed.

Keywords

• DiffServ
• dynamic contracts
• IP network
• quality of service