Reliability, Survivability and Quality of Large Scale Telecommunication Systems: Case Study: Olympic Games (Hardcover)

List of Contributors.

Preface.

Acknowledgement.

1 Introduction.

2 Reliability.

Introduction.

Reliability of Emerging Internet-based Services (H. Eslambolchi and M. Daneshmand).

Reliability Issues in IP over Photonic Networks (S. Arakawa and M. Murata).

3 Survivability.

Introduction.

Key Issues in Survivable Cellular Systems (H. Sandalidis and P. Stavroulakis).

Survivability in Wireless Mobile Networks (T. Dahlberg, et al.).

4 Quality.

Introduction.

Quality of Service Mechanisms in Multimedia Telecommunication Services (G. Rovithakis, et al.).

QoS Metrics for Performance Assessment in Integrated Terrestrial-Satellite Multimedia Systems (A. Iera and A. Molinaro).

TCP/IP-based Protocols over Satellite Systems: A Telecommunication Issue (M. Marchese).

Outage Performance Considerations in Cellular Mobile Radio Networks (G. Karagiannidis and S. Kotsopoulos).

Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio in Communication Systems as a Quality Measure (A. Sampath and D. Jeske).

5 A pplications.

Introduction.

Quality Wireless Broadband Home Networking (H. Zhang).

A Reliable ATM Switch Design (Z. El-Saghir and A. Grzech).

Quality of Service via an Optimal Routing Model (E. Aboelela and C. Douligeris).

Appendix.

Index.