Diamond In The Rough (Can)

With a focus on policy-based networking, this work addresses the problem of network control and the introduction of policies regarding the control of quality of service (QoS), security, mobility, performance, mobile and intelligent agents, and traffic engineering. Specific topics include policy-based management of wireless networks, robust implementation of policies using ant-like agents, and media switch for multimedia services. Material originated at the First Internet Conference on Network Control and Engineering for Quality Service, Security and Mobility, held in October 2002 in Paris, France. There is no subject index. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR