Service and network providers must be able to satisfy the demands for
new services; improve the quality of service; reduce the cost of network
service operations and maintenance; control performance; and adapt to
user demands. It is essential to investigate different approaches for
performing such tasks.
One of these approaches is based on policies and the capability of the
network to adapt itself to current conditions. With a focus on
policy-based networking, this volume addresses the problem of network
control and the introduction of policies such as the control of the
Quality of Service, security, mobility, performance, mobile and
intelligent agents, and traffic engineering.
The area of control in networks through policies promises to provide
stimulating challenges for years to come. This book is an attempt to
answer questions and provide some direction about the best approaches to
be followed.
This volume contains the proceedings of the first International
Conference on NETwork CONtrol and Engineering (NETCON) for Quality of
Service, Security and Mobility, which was sponsored by the International
Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), and organized by IFIP TC6
Working Group 6.7 (Smart Networks). The conference convened in Paris,
France in October 2002.