A service agent for connection and QoS management in multimedia systems

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This contribution focuses on connection and QoS management in continuous multimedia systems. We have studied connection and QoS management mechanisms for ATM and IPv6, and propose a framework for negotiation of QoS. A service Agent will be responsible for QoS negotiation and configuration on an end-to-end basis. We present design characteristics of the architecture. A holistic view of QoS, and the role of the user is discussed.