An application level video gateway
Proceedings of the third ACM international conference on Multimedia
An intelligent multi-agent architecture for dynamic regulation of ATM congestion control parameters
Proceedings of the IEEE/IFIP TC6/WG6.4/WG6.6 International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services
A survey of active network research
IEEE Communications Magazine
Service management in multiparty active networks
IEEE Communications Magazine
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A network management tool for resource-partition based layer 1 virtual private networks
International Journal of Network Management
Autonomic network resource management using virtual network concept
APNOMS'07 Proceedings of the 10th Asia-Pacific conference on Network Operations and Management Symposium: managing next generation networks and services
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The use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) is one of the major trends in the integrated broadband communications environment. Currently, the control and management of VPN resources is mainly supported by the provider of the bearer telecommunication services, and VPN customers have no control over these resources. The increasing importance of the broadband communication infrastructure in corporate operations and transactions is stressing the requirement for a customizable configuration, operation and management of VPN services. First, this paper discusses the evolution of VPN environments towards customized VPN configurations and goal-driven management of these VPNs. VPN service characteristics and management requirements are analyzed. Then, the paper introduces the proposed customer management architecture satisfying these requirements. The architecture is based on the multi-level virtualization of network resources through the partitioning of resources in the provider's shared communication infrastructure and the dynamic allocation of these resources to customers. A Web-based distributed approach is used for implementing the proposed customer management of VPNs.