{"product_id":"managing-service-level-quality-across-wireless-and-fixed-networks-hardback-9780470848487","title":"Managing Service Level Quality; Across Wireless and Fixed Networks (Hardback) 9780470848487","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eManaging Service Level Quality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAcross Wireless and Fixed Networks\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Massam (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470848487, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 September 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e184 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.2 x 15.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.425 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eQoS (Quality of Service) and Network Management are old topics. However, the fusion of IP style multimedia and wireless networks (3G) means that network managers who might previously have dealt with one or the other, must now manage and provide service guarantees for the both. This is where \u003ci\u003eManaging Service Level Quality across Wireless and Fixed Networks\u003c\/i\u003e steps in.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt begins by examining the mechanisms that already existed in fixed IP data networks prior to the introduction of probe and agent technology. A look at these later developments is then supplemented with a real-world scenario of how real time application performance monitoring can not only provide service level management but can also aid in root cause analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis same model is then applied to a wireless environment examining which elements are required to be able to deliver multimedia services across 2nd and 3rd generation mobile networks, detailing the components of data networking that will assist in guaranteeing service level performance and the constraints placed on those guarantees when passing services over an air interface to a wireless-enabled device.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt asks a simple question: will multimedia applications and the guaranteed levels of service required by them work when traversing from fixed to wireless networks?\u003cbr\u003eIt tracks QoS components and mechanisms of both environments and looks at what will provide the glue in this brave new converged world and also provides empirical data to back up the conclusions drawn.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFirst book available which applies QoS techniques and technologies to wireless\/mobile networks 3G\/UMTS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDeals with the search for the real time information that constitutes the \"customer experience\" in terms of application performance so that service levels can be verified against measurable and relevant data in a true end-to-end manner across both fixed and wireless networks\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents probe and agent technology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a real-world scenario of how real time application performance monitoring can not only provide service level management but can also aid in root cause analysis - this will be of particular interest to practitioner\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyses which elements are required in order to deliver multimedia services across 2nd and 3rd generation mobile networks\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetails the components of data networking that will assist in guaranteeing service level performance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssential reading for Wireless and IP data network professionals\/practitioners, network managers and architects, technical consultants, quality assessment engineers, infrastructure vendors, application developers, portal designers, wireline operators, lecturers, postgraduates, senior undergraduate students and industry trainees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Managing Service Level Quality in Fixed Networks.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e History.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Current Standards.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Latest Developments.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Model Agent.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Integrated Model.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Application Performance in a Nutshell.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Service Level Quality across Fixed and Wireless Networks.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Wireless Architectures.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Moving to Wireless.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Wireless Performance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conclusions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Electronics \u0026amp; communications engineering [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Electronics \u0026amp; communications engineering\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Electronics%20\u0026amp;%20communications%20engineering%20%5BTJ%5D%22\"\u003eTJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52278036955416,"sku":"9780470848487","price":81.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470848487.jpg?v=1781457079","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/managing-service-level-quality-across-wireless-and-fixed-networks-hardback-9780470848487","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}