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Access Type

Open Access

Document Type

thesis

Degree Program

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Degree Type

Master of Science (M.S.)

Year Degree Awarded

2009

Month Degree Awarded

September

Keywords

Services, Policy, Transcoding, OWL, SWRL, Semantics

Abstract

Next-generation network architectures support complex services in the data-path of routers. A key challenge is the integration of multiple policy constraints from senders, receivers, and network providers when using such services. We introduce a multi-party service specification framework based on our “service socket” API. We illustrate the operation of this approach in an IPTV scenario that uses a video transcoding service implemented on a Cisco ISR platform.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/868098

First Advisor

Tilman Wolf

Second Advisor

Weibo Gong

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