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   <title abbrev="QMS based on Flow Aggregation">A Dynamic Service Class Mapping Scheme 
   for Different QoS Domains Using Flow Aggregation</title>

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   <author fullname="Yu-ning Dong" initials="Y.N." role="editor"
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   <abstract>
     <t>This document addresses the issue of provisioning end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) 
	 for multimedia services over heterogeneous networks and introduces a parametric model 
	 by using network calculus theory for QoS class mapping between different QoS domains. 
	 Then a QoS Mapping Scheme based on Flow Aggregation (QMS-FAG) is proposed in this 
	 document to mitigate the information loss problem due to mapping between QoS domains with 
	 different granularity of QoS class and to provide efficient network resources 
	 utilization by considering user's Quality of Experience (QoE). In QMS-FAG, the QoS 
	 requirements of service flows are indicated by a unique FAG identifier which is described 
	 in a service flow map of QoS parameters. With FAG identifier and mapping executors sitting 
	 at the border of different QoS domains, QMS-FAG allows smooth QoS class mapping between 
	 networks with different granularity of QoS class. Both numerical analysis and simulation 
	 studies are given to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed method.</t>
   </abstract>
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 <middle>
   <section title="Introduction">
     <t>This document proposes a unified QoS Mapping Scheme based on Flow AGgregation (QMS-FAG) to 
     	provide better end-to-end QoS over heterogeneous networks. Different from previous 
     	efforts, the aim of the proposed method is to provide better flow services over 
     	heterogeneous networks. We aim to contribute to the ongoing research by proposing a QoS 
     	mapping scheme, based on network QoS requirements and users' QoE. The proposed method has 
     	several advantages: (1) it considers the asymmetrical problem between fine and coarse 
     	grained QoS domains (Normally the fine grained QoS domain has more/finer QoS classes 
     	than the coarse grained QoS domain); (2) it considers QoE and can improve users' 
     	experience by maximizing the utilization of network resources with flexible QoS 
     	class mapping; (3) it does not need a mapping table.</t>

     <section title="Requirements Language">
       <t>The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
       "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
       document are to be interpreted as described in <xref
       target="RFC2119">RFC 2119</xref>.</t>
     </section>
   </section>

   <section anchor="qms_flag_development" title="QMS-FAG Development">
   	<t>Previous studies on QoS class mapping between different networking technologies can 
   		be roughly classified into two categories: the function based methods [2][3] and 
   		mapping-table based ones [4][5]. The first category that translates between the 
   		QoS parameters of heterogeneous networks is complex, in which the effective design 
   		of functions can highly affect the end-to-end QoS. The second category that 
   		established mapping tables consisting of many QoS class pairs can cause the i
   		nformation loss due to mapping between QoS domains with different granularity of 
   		QoS class. One shortcoming of current approaches is incapable of utilizing network 
   		resources efficiently because of not considering users' QoE in the QoS mapping process.</t>
   		<t>For ease of analysis, let us define the following variables:</t>
   		<t><list style="symbols">
          <t>RN =  N-dimensional real number Euclidian space;</t>
          <t>Pvi = overall N QoS requirements of i-th service;</t>
		  <t>pvin = value of N QoS requirement for i-th service;</t>
		  <t>PWhl = lower boundary of QoS class h in network W;</t>
		  <t>PWhu = upper boundary of QoS class h in network W;</t>
		  <t>HW = number of QoS classes in network W;</t>
		  <t>P = a conjunction of a set of F QoS parameters;</t>
		  <t>pf = the f-th element of P;</t>
		  <t>Sk = the k-th Mapping Evaluator(ME);</t>
		  <t>X = set of FAG;</t>
		  <t>FWm = QoS description of xm in network W.</t>
		  
     </list></t>
     <section title="QoS and QoS Class Models">
        <t>Based on [6] and our finding, each of QoS parameters can be parameterized 
        	by a real number (Please see Appendix A for details). Assuming that the 
        	QoS value is ranked in order of importance in this paper, the most important 
        	one has the minimal value and the least important has the maximal value. 
        	Each of QoS requirements can then be represented by a real number and the 
        	overall QoS requirements can be represented by a vector consisting of 
        	corresponding QoS parameters. Formally, we specify the overall N QoS 
        	requirements of i-th service by vector Pvi, as follows:</t>
        	<t><list style="symbols">
        		<t>Pvi = [pvi1, pvi2, pvi3,..., pviN], i=1,2,3,... (1)</t>         
        	</list>where i is an integer that represents index of service,pvi is in
        	RN represents the value of n-th QoS requirement located in 
        	RN space for i-th service. RN denotes an N-dimensional 
        	real number Euclidian space which is consisted of QoS parameters.</t>
        <t>Because each QoS class has a sub-space in N-dimensional space, we use a pair 
        	value (PWhu,PWhl) specification in our paper, which will allow us to define 
        	range representation with acceptable QoS regions (PWhl≤Pvi≤PWhu) and unacceptable 
        	QoS regions (Pvi<PWhl) of QoS class h in network W with proper normalization of 
        	QoS parameters (see Appendix A for details).Pvi<PWhl indicates the level of QoS 
        	is below the acceptable lower boundary, with which the traffic should be 
        	arranged for the lower class level or refused to transmit. For the case of Pvi>PWhu, 
        	it indicates that the traffic with Pvi should be arranged for a higher class 
        	level.PWhl and PWhu are the lower and upper boundaries of QoS class sub-space 
        	in N-dimensional space, respectively, whose definitions are similar to Pvi, 
        	where h=1,...,HW;HW is the number of QoS classes in network W.</t>
        <t>QoS influences user's QoE, which is vital for the success of multimedia services. Furthermore, 
        	QoE is also influenced by the human factors that often are independent of the service type [7]. 
        	As a result, different users of the multimedia service have different tolerance for adjusting 
        	QoS level. For some users, when enjoying a live TV program via web (such as a football match), 
        	they probably prefer to degrade their QoS level rather than to be denied access directly. 
        	Therefore, users' QoE should be considered in QoS class mapping schemes to increase the 
        	number of satisfied users in heavy traffic load. </t>
        <t>Depending on the individual human perception, it is somewhat difficult to give a precise 
        	objective metric and objective estimation method for QoE [8]. This paper will not 
        	concentrate on how to estimate QoE or map between QoE and QoS, which has been a hot 
        	research topic of many other works [8][9].</t>
        <t>We use the QoE model proposed in [9] to obtain a mean opinion score (MOS) to rate QoE 
        	level and modify the model by substituting sender bitrate (SBR) with bandwidth and 
        	block error rate (BLER) with packet loss rate caused by delay and link errors. 
        	In the modified model mean burst length (MBL) and content type (CT) have constant 
        	values of 2.5 and 0.1, respectively, which are typical values in [9] (For details 
        	see Appendix B). The values of the coefficients of the modified model are the 
        	same as the values of the model proposed in [9]. In this paper, by dynamically 
        	adjusting the QoS parameter values within threshold, we present an empirical QoS 
        	class mapping method with QoE to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method.</t>
      </section>
      <section title="Flow Aggregation Concept">
      	<t>A flow aggregation (FAG) is defined in this work as a set of flows with similar QoS 
      		requirements represented by a conjunction of a set of F QoS parameters P=[p1,p2,...,pF],
      		each associated with a QoS constraint, that can be specified by a range representation
      		with acceptable and unacceptable QoS regions. We assume that the QoS requirements of
      		a service flow can be expressed by a vector in a multi-dimensional space of relevant 
      		QoS parameters, and then define this multidimensional space as a service flow map. 
      		Each FAG has a unique identifier that can be described by the QoS information on 
      		a service flow map.</t>
      	<t>The FAG is different from QoS class defined by global standardization organizations 
      		in the following aspects: 1) its granularity can be established on the fly according 
      		to QoS requirements of services and reflects natural muster in QoS characteristic space, 
      		and is not connected with any of the predefined QoS classes; 2) it provides a bridge 
      		with a flexible granularity for consistent mapping between fine and coarse grained QoS 
      		classes in order to mitigate the information loss problem, whose efficacy will be 
      		demonstrated by numerical analysis in Section V.</t>
      </section>
      <section title="An Overlay Network Paradigm">
      	<t>In this section, we describe an overlay network paradigm based on the scenario 
      		illustrated in Fig. 1. From the viewpoint of providing end-to-end QoS guarantees, 
      		the process of QoS mapping can be imagined as a virtual plane of QoS mapping above 
      		the traditional layers. This plane of QoS mapping is a collection of virtual nodes 
      		connected together by a set of virtual links to form a large virtual domain, which 
      		is essentially a subset of the underlying network topology. Each virtual node is 
      		a logical abstraction of a particular physical node that processes QoS mapping. 
      		A virtual link spans over a path in the physical network and includes a portion 
      		of the networking resources. By allowing multiple networks to have different QoS 
      		domains to map QoS in the plane of QoS mapping, users in two ends construct a 
      		virtual end-to-end path and are provided end-to-end QoS guarantees across different 
      		QoS domains, as illustrated in Fig. 1.</t>
      	<t>In Fig. 1, the proposed Mapping Evaluator (ME) entity sits on a gateway/router 
      		at the edge of two different QoS domains, aiming to classify each service according 
      		to QoS requirements. Whenever ME receives a service, it generates a corresponding 
      		FAG with P according to QoS requirements of the service by a clustering algorithm, 
      		such as evolutionary algorithm, and labels the FAG with a unique FAG identifier. 
      		Then ME puts the FAG into the corresponding queue with the same priority value. 
      		According to available network resources, ME determines appropriate QoS class 
      		mapping between current and new networks for the FAG by the proposed QMS-FAG.</t>
      	</section>
      	<section title="A Typical Scenario of QoS Class Mapping over Heterogeneous Networks">
      	<t>In this section, we depict a typical scenario of QoS class mapping over 
      		heterogeneous networks.</t>
      	<figure anchor="figureTypicalScenario">
        <preamble>A typical scenario of QoS class mapping over 
      		heterogeneous networks is shown below.</preamble>
          <artwork><![CDATA[
          Nwk A -----R1----- Nwk B -----R2----- Nwk C
        ]]></artwork>
        </figure>
      	<t>As illustrated in figure above, we consider a scenario of three interconnected networks 
      		(Nwk A, Nwk B and Nwk C) connected by two gateways/routers (R1 and R2). Assume 
      		Nwk A and Nwk C are 3G UMTS networks and Nwk B is a wireline IP-based Diffserv 
      		network. Since audio conferencing is a typical multimedia service requiring 
      		strict QoS requirements to set priorities at flow\packet level, here we assume 
      		that the audio conferencing service is implemented between user X and user Y. 
      		In source network (Nwk A), an appropriate QoS class queue is assigned to audio 
      		according to QoS requirements. For traditional QoS mapping, the QoS class 
      		mapping table is preset in the gateway/router that sits at the boundary of two 
      		different QoS domains and the audio conferencing service belongs to a certain QoS 
      		class of current QoS domain. Whenever the gateway/router receives an audio 
      		conferencing service, it determines an appropriate QoS class mapping between 
      		current and new network according to the mapping table for this audio conferencing 
      		service. </t>
      	</section>
      	<section title="MOS Value for Video Service">
      	<t>The MOS value for video service is computed as follows [10]:</t>
      	<t><list style="symbols">
        		<t>MOS = (a1+a2*ln(SBR)+CT*(a3+a4*ln(SBR)))/(1+(a5*BLER+a6**BLER*BLER)*MBL) (2)</t>         
        </list>where, SBR is sender bitrate, BLER is block error rate in 3G/UMTS networks, 
        MBL is mean burst length, CT is content type of the video service.</t>
        <texttable anchor="table">
          <preamble>Coefficients in (2) are:</preamble>
          <ttcol align="center">a1</ttcol>
          <ttcol align="center">a2</ttcol>
		  <ttcol align="center">a3</ttcol>
          <ttcol align="center">a4</ttcol>
          <ttcol align="center">a5</ttcol>
          <ttcol align="center">a6</ttcol>
          <ttcol align="center">CT</ttcol>
          <ttcol align="center">MBL</ttcol>
          <c>3.9560</c>
          <c>0.0919</c>
          <c>-5.8497</c>
          <c>0.9844</c>
          <c>0.1028</c>
          <c>-0.236</c>
          <c>0.1</c>
          <c>0.25</c>
        </texttable>
      	</section>
   </section>
   <section anchor="qms_fag_description" title="QMS-FAG Description">
   		<section anchor="parametric_model" title="Parametric Model">
   			<t>The proposed scheme can automatically map the FAG to the appropriate class that 
   				has QoS resource by adjusting QoS requirements. An attractive feature of the 
   				dynamic QoS class mapping is that the method considers the QoE of end users 
   				by which the ME adjusts the QoS requirements of FAG under the condition of 
   				available QoS resources.</t>
   			<t>Consider a network session being set up over the heterogeneous networks 
   				consists of MEs S1,S2,...,Sk, the set of FAGs that will be transmitted into the 
   				next network can be described as </t>
   			<t><list style="symbols">
        		<t>X = {x1,...,xm,...,xM}, m=1,2,...,M (3)</t>         
        	</list>where xm represents the m-th FAGs, M is the number of FAG in an ME.</t>
        	<t>By a similar description to QoS class, xm can be described as </t>
        	<t><list style="symbols">
        		<t>FWm = [Pm1,...PmN], m=1,2,...,M (4)</t>         
        	</list>where FWm denotes QoS description of xm in network W, 
        	Pmn(n=1,2,...,N) represents the n-th QoS requirement of xm.</t>
        	<t>In mapping process, the ME will map xm to class y described as 
        		below by the function Phi(for RN->F, then x->Phi(x)). 
        		This function can be derived as [2]</t>
        	<t><list style="symbols">
        		<t>ch=W*(||FWm-PWh||), for all h=1,2,...,HW (5)</t>         
        	</list>where ch is the order of QoS class mapped according to PWm,
        	   W=[w1,w2,...,wHW] is a weighting array which is used to describe the 
        	   characteristics of multimedia service, satisfied with w1+w2+...+wHW=1
        	   and often gained based on the experience. But the computation 
        	   is different in the two following cases: lower and higher 
        	   traffic load cases.</t>
   		</section>
   	    <section title="Procedure of QMS-FAG">
      		<t>Computation is different in the two following cases: lower and higher 
      			traffic load cases.At lower traffic load, QoS class y can be derived as
			</t>
      		<t><list style="symbols">
        		<t>y = {k|ck=minh{ch}}, for all h=1,2,...,HW (6)</t>         
        	</list>where k is the order of QoS class and ck is the minimum value among all 
        	QoS classes ch, y is the order of QoS class adjusted according to available network 
        	resources. Here, if one QoS class has a smaller order value, the class's FAG 
        	has a better chance to transmit earlier.</t>
        	<t>At higher traffic load, the process is as follows:</t>
        	<figure>
        <preamble> The QMS-FAG scheme at higher traffic load is described in Algorithm 1.</preamble>

        <artwork><![CDATA[
/*Algorithm 1: The QMS-FAG scheme */
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1. The QoS class level is decreased by one
2. y is recomputed according to equations (6) based on the QoS requirements adjusted   
3. If network resources for the decreased QoS class are still not enough to transmit 
	this FAG, go back to step 1)
4. If the MOS value is still OK (above a preset threshold MOSth) for end users, 
	based on Equ. (2), then, this FAG is transmitted; otherwise, 
	the FAG is rejected.  
6. The process is stopped.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
]]></artwork>
	  </figure>
	  <t>On the whole, the algorithmic steps of QoS class mapping are as follows:</t>
	  <t>1)If the network resource allows, ck is mapped to QoS class y based on equations (2)</t>
	  <t>2)If the network resource is not allowed, with the process in the case of 
	  	higher traffic load, the ME gradually reduces the order of QoS class for xm
	  	until xm is transmitted with a lower order of QoS class, or is rejected if 
	  	no appropriate mapping is available (assuming the lower the order of QoS 
	  	class, the lower its priority). </t>
      	</section>
   </section>
   <section anchor="Acknowledgements" title="Acknowledgements">
      <t>The authors would like to acknowledge feedback and discussions on
   service class mapping scheme for QoS with a wide range of people,
   including members of the Wireless Communication Research Group and
   the End-to-End Research Group. Thanks are given to the National
   Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61271233, No.60972038),  the 
   Ministry of Education (China) Ph.D. Programs Foundation (No.20103223110001), 
   the Research Culture Funds of Anhui Normal University (No.2013xmpy10) and 
   Jiangsu Province Postgraduate Innovative Research Plan (No.CXZZ11_0396) 
   for their financial support.</t>
    </section>

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v00 2006-03-15  EBD   Initial version

v01 2006-04-03  EBD   Moved PI location back to position 1 -
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v02 2007-03-07  AH    removed extraneous nested_list attribute,
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v03 2007-03-09  EBD   Added comments on null IANA sections and fixed heading capitalization.
                     Modified comments around figure to reflect non-implementation of
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                     Fixed up the date specification comments to reflect current truth.
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                     added discussion of rfc include.
v05 2007-03-10 EBD    Added preamble to C program example to tell about ABNF and alternative 
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v06 2010-04-01 TT     Changed ipr attribute values to latest ones. Changed date to
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