Esta dissertação de mestrado apresenta a prototipação de uma arquitetura denominada ServidorWeb com Diferenciação de Serviços (SWDS). O trabalho também apresenta a proposta, implementação e a avaliação de desempenho de dois algoritmos de controle de admissão denominados Algoritmo de Negociação e Algoritmo de Reserva de Conexões. O objetivo principal deste trabalho é a avaliação de desempenho dos algoritmos de controle de admissão no protótipo do SWDS. Como resultados, verificou-se que a Classe de maior prioridade consegue atender mais requisições que a Classe de menor prioridade em todos as configurações de carga. Também pode-se observar que o algoritmo de reserva de conexões consegue se adaptar a todas as variações de cargas / This masters dissertation presents the prototype of an architecture named SWDS. This work presents the proposal, implementation and performance evaluation of two admission control algorithms named negotiation algorithm and connection reserve algorithm. The aim of this work is to evaluate the performance of the control admission algorithms in the SWDS prototype. As a result, it could be seen the high priority Class met a higher number of requests than the low priority Class. Also it could be seen the connection reserve algorithm can adapt to all workloads variation

L’application de jeu en ligne massivement multijoueurs fournit une grandepartie du trafic Internet global. Le trafic est généralement composé d’unepetite partie de données utiles encapsulé dans des segments TCP, entrainantun volume élevé d’entêtes transmis via le réseau. Cela implique: 1) la tailledes paquets est trop petite pour un routage efficace et; 2) la bande passanterequise par le serveur augmente. Par conséquent, il est nécessaire de trouverdes techniques de transmission et de routage plus efficaces afin de réduire levolume de trafic et augmenter l’efficacité du réseau permettant de prendre encharge le nombre croissant des joueurs. D’autre part, la qualité d’expérience(QoE) dans le contexte des jeux en ligne est fortement liée à la consistance.Cette consistance est influencée par la qualité de service (QoS) offerte parle réseau, principalement en termes de délai, de gigue et d’ordre de paquets.Par conséquent, une solution qui améliore ces paramètres aidera à satisfairedavantage de joueurs et à améliorer la qualité de service.L’objectif de cette thèse est de proposer des solutions pour améliorerla qualité d’expérience des jeux en ligne en augmentant la consistance devue, en réduisant les délais et en augmentant l’efficacité du réseau. Pour leproblème de consistance, nous proposons une topologie de réseau cyclique.Cette topologie ordonnée facilite la mise en place des procédures de gestionet de contrôle de la transmission pour imposer un ordre causal entre tousles joueurs. Concernant le délai et l’efficacité du réseau, certains ont proposé l’application de la technique du tunnel, compression et multiplexage(TCM). Cependant, les paquets transmis avec TCM sont plus grands queceux d’origine, ce qui nécessite plus de temps pour les transmettre et augmente le risque de saturation au niveau des fils d’attente. Nous proposonsl’utilisation de la technique de codage réseau (NC) qui permet d’augmenterle débit dans certaines conditions de topologies et de routage. Cette technique permet aux nœuds intermédiaires d’encoder les paquets qu’ils reçoivent plutôt que d’effectuer une simple fonction de stockage et de transfert. Celapeut réduire la charge de trafic, réduire les délais et augmenter l’efficacité duréseau.Dans cette thèse, nous proposons des modifications pour améliorer latechnique TCM et nous évaluons ses performances. De plus, nous proposonsd’ajouter le concept de partition des joueurs et de changer la topologie d’unarbre à une forêt. Nous étudions ensuite la topologie cyclique. Nous concevons un protocole de routage optimisé sur une topologie en cycle baséesur la technique de codage réseau. Puis, nous évaluons ses performances entermes de délai, de charge et d’ordre. Les résultats montrent que l’utilisationdu codage NC permet de réduire la charge et le nombre de paquets transmis, garantir un ordre de paquet par période et de réduire le délai. Eneffet, on peut gagner jusqu’à 14% de latence avec notre protocole par rapport à un protocole de routage optimisé sans codage réseau. Par la suite,nous proposons un scénario de mise en pratique de cette solution sur une infrastructure Device-to-Device. Nous validons les limites théoriques du délaien utilisant des simulations réseau et nous discutons ensuite des contraintespratiques qui s’imposent lors de l’implémentation dans un réseau réel. Finalement, nous proposons des solutions pour ces contraintes. / The application of massively multiplayer online games provides a large partof the global internet traffic. The traffic is typically encapsulated in TCPsegments of small size information (the so called payload) resulting in a highvolume of headers transmitted through the network. This implies the following: 1) the packets’ size is too small for efficient routing and; 2) thebandwidth required by the server seems to be increasing. Therefore, it isnecessary to find more efficient transmission and routing techniques to reduce the traffic’s volume and to increase the network’s efficiency in orderto support the growing number of players. On the other hand, Quality ofExperience (QoE) in the context of online games is strongly influenced byconsistency. This consistency is influenced by the quality of service (QoS) offered by the network, mainly in terms of delay, jitter and order of the packets.As a result, a solution that enhances these parameters will help in satisfyingmore players and subsequently improving QoE.The goal of this thesis is to propose solutions to enhance the QoE of onlinegames by increasing the consistency of view, reducing the delay and increasing the efficiency of the network. For consistency, we propose a cyclic networktopology. This ordered topology facilitates the implementation of transmission management and control procedures to impose a causal order betweenall players. As for the delay and the efficiency problem, some have proposed the application of Tunneling, Compression and Multiplexing (TCM)technique. However, the transmitted packets with TCM are larger than theoriginal ones, which requires more delay to transmit them and increases therisk of congestion. We propose the use of the Network Coding technique(NC) which makes it possible to increase the bit rate of the network undercertain topological and routing conditions. This technique allows intermediate nodes to encode the data they receive rather than perform a simple”store and forward” function. It can reduce the traffic load, reduce the delay and increase the network’s efficiency.In this thesis, we propose some modifications to enhance the TCM technique and evaluate its performance. Besides, we propose to add the playerspartition approach and change the topology from a tree to a forest. Afterwards, we investigate the cyclic topology. We design an optimized routingprotocol over a cycle topology based on the network coding technique andevaluate its performance in terms of delay and order. The results show thatby using NC coding, one can gain up to 14% of latency over an optimizedrouting protocol for the cycle topology without the use of network coding.Afterwards, we propose a practical implementation scenario of this solutionover a device-to-device (D2D) infrastructure. We finally validate the theoretical limits of delay using network simulations and discuss a number ofpractical constraints.

Aujourd'hui, l'hétérogénéité des infrastructures de réseaux actuelles, ainsi que le manque d'interopérabilité en termes d'architectures et de cadres pour l'adaptation du contenu aux contextes des différents utilisateurs, empêchent les Prosumers (consommateurs-fournisseurs) d’offrir une haute qualité d'expérience sur différentes plates-formes et au travers de contextes diversifiés. Par conséquent, l'objectif de cette thèse est d'étudier, concevoir et développer une architecture novatrice, susceptible d'offrir la QoS/QoE garantie en exploitant efficacement les ressources disponibles et en adaptant dynamiquement la performance du réseau selon les environnements Réseau, Service et Utilisateur. Pour cela, l'architecture proposée est basée sur (1) un cadre de gestion distribuée qui exploite des mécanismes de réseau conscient du contenu pour identifier le contenu en transit et la correspondance sur les exigences de QoS/QoE, et sur (2) un mécanisme d'allocation des ressources de réseau et leur adaptation aux caractéristiques de QoS/QoE demandées. Un prototype de routeur de contenu a été réalisé, offrant des fonctions de reconnaissance du type de contenu et de routage suivant le contenu. Il propose un système de gestion synergique capable d'orchestrer les processus d'optimisation cross-layer pour les services de différenciation/classification et à termes une exploitation efficace des ressources. La validité de l'architecture proposée est vérifiée par un grand nombre d'expériences menées à l'aide d’infrastructures physiques et virtuelles. Un banc d'essai à grande échelle conforme aux spécifications de conception architecturale a été déployé pour valider l'approche proposée. / Today, the heterogeneity of current networking infrastructures, along with the lack of interoperability in terms of architectures and frameworks for adapting content to the various users’ contexts, prevent prosumers to deliver high QoE over different platforms and under diversified contexts. Consequently, the objective of this PhD thesis is to study, design, and develop a novel architecture capable to offer guaranteed QoS/QoE by efficiently exploiting the available resources and by dynamically adapting the network performance across the various Service, Network and User environments. To this end, the proposed architecture is based on (1) a distributed management framework that exploits Content Aware Network (CAN) mechanisms – on top of the Internet Protocol (IP) – for identifying content in transit and mapping its QoS/QoE requirements into specific network characteristics, and on (2) a network resource allocation mechanism for adapting the intra-domain resources to the requested QoS/QoE. A prototype Media-Aware Network Element (MANE) has been achieved, offering content type recognition and content-based routing/forwarding as a matter of guaranteed QoS/QoE provision in an end-to-end approach. Furthermore, it proposes a synergetic management system capable to orchestrate cross-layer optimization processes for service differentiation/classification, towards efficient resource exploitation. The validity of the proposed architecture is verified through a large number of experiments conducted using physical and virtual infrastructures. A large-scale test-bed conforming to the architectural design specifications was deployed for validating the proposed approach.

The dissertation investigates wireless access network performance, ability to control and enforce quality of service (QoS) and track it at user device. The objective of presented research is to investigate wireless access network performance parameter impact on quality of service and develop reference model of QoS monitor, applied for end-user device. In order to reach the objective, the following tasks had to be solved: - To analyze existing measures of QoS evaluation, actual achieved, perceived QoS monitoring and Service Level Agreement (SLA) enforcement. - To analyze performance properties of contemporary wireless user access network technologies in order to determine their capabilities providing data services and employing soft and hard QoS mechanisms. - To analyze network performance characteristics in order to determine factors, influencing quality of service in wireless access networks. - To design principles of evaluation of actually achieved quality of service. - To develop a reference model of QoS requirement composition and monitoring system. - To develop and experimentally test QoS monitor for web browsing service. First chapter of the dissertation reviews QoS definitions, categories, existing methods of QoS evaluation and formulates the problem of QoS and service level agreement enforcement measures. Second chapter presents analysis of various access networks applicable to data and voice services. The analysis is focused on available bit rate, referred to... [to full text] / Disertacijoje nagrinėjama belaidės prieigos tinklų savybės, gebėjimas kontroliuoti ir užtikrinti paslaugos kokybę (QoS) bei stebėti ją vartotojų įrenginiuose. Darbo tikslas – ištirti belaidės prieigos tinklų darbo parametrų įtaką paslaugos kokybei ir sukurti apibendrintą paslaugos kokybės stebėsenos priemonių, taikomų galutinio vartotojo įrenginyje, modelį. Šiam tikslui pasiekti, sprendžiami tokie uždaviniai: - Išanalizuoti esamas paslaugos kokybės vertinimo, realiai patirtos ir suvokiamos kokybės stebėsenos bei paslaugų lygmens susitarimų (SLA) užtikrinimo priemones. - Išanalizuoti dabartinių belaidžių vartotojo prieigos technologijų savybes teikiant duomenų perdavimo paslaugas ir taikant griežtus bei švelnius paslaugos kokybės užtikrinimo mechanizmus. - Išanalizuoti belaidžių prieigos tinklų charakteristikas siekiant nustatyti faktorius, įtakojančius paslaugos kokybę belaidžiuose prieigos tinkluose. - Suformuluoti realiai pasiektos paslaugos kokybės vertinimo principus. - Sukurti apibendrintą paslaugos kokybės reikalavimų sudarymo ir stebėsenos sistemos vartotojo įrenginyje modelį. - Sukurti ir eksperimentiškai įvertinti paslaugos kokybės stebėsenos sistemą interneto naršymo paslaugai. Pirmajame disertacijos skyriuje pateikiama žinomų paslaugos kokybės vertinimo ir valdymo procesų apžvalga, koncentruojantis į vartotojo perspektyvą ir galimybes įvertinti realiai gaunamą ir vartotojo suvokiamą paslaugų kokybę. Antrajame skyriuje pateikiama paplitusių belaidės prieigos tinklų... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

ORTIZ, Marcos Dantas. Incentivando a cooperação em redes Ad Hoc. 2007. 94 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em ciência da computação)- Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza-CE, 2007. / Submitted by Elineudson Ribeiro (elineudsonr@gmail.com) on 2016-07-11T19:12:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_dis_mdortiz.pdf: 3285277 bytes, checksum: 0ed0f9fb8049649eb6665ffbf256a2c0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rocilda Sales (rocilda@ufc.br) on 2016-07-20T12:02:11Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_dis_mdortiz.pdf: 3285277 bytes, checksum: 0ed0f9fb8049649eb6665ffbf256a2c0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-20T12:02:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2007_dis_mdortiz.pdf: 3285277 bytes, checksum: 0ed0f9fb8049649eb6665ffbf256a2c0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) refer to the wireless networks without a fixed infrastructure and a central administration. In this way, the communication management is self-organized by the mobile nodes in the network. The mobile nodes in MANETs can have a router role. These nodes are known as intermediate nodes and they have na important role to maintain the network connectivity forwarding packets for the benefit of other nodes. Because the small range of the radio transmission, most of the móbile nodes (sender and receiver) cannot usually communicate with each other directly. So the communications are relying on multihop routing. Routing protocols for MANETs assume that the nodes are willing to participate in the cooperative packets forwarding, however, in the packet transmission stage it is verified a great resource consumption (e.g., processing and energy). Since forwarding a packet will incur a cost of energy to a node, the nodes can have a selfish behavior avoiding send packets to save their resources. This work describes an autonomous strategy to provide an incentive for mobile nodes to cooperate in a credit-based system. A node receives credit for forwarding a packet while the sender node looses credit. As an incentive for mobile nodes to cooperate they receive a better quality of service (QoS). This strategy uses the amount of credits to classify the ows inside routers nodes. This strategy uses only local information and it does not have a central entity to manage the credit of the nodes. The simulations show that this strategy is efiective to prioritize packets sent by cooperative nodes. / Redes móveis Ad Hoc (Mobile Ad Hoc Network - MANET) são redes sem fio que não possuem infra-estrutura de comunicação fixa e administração centralizada. Dessa forma, o gerenciamento da comunicação é realizado pelos próprios dispositivos, que, além de transmitir e receber pacotes pode funcionar como roteadores. Na função de roteador, os dispositivos executam um papel fundamental para manutenção da conectividade da rede, o encaminhamento de pacotes. Devido ao pequeno alcance dos rádios de transmissão, nem sempre é possível a comunicação direta entre os dispositivos origem e destino. Dessa forma, grande parte das comunicações é realizada através do encaminhamento de pacotes por múltiplos saltos. Os dispositivos que realizam o encaminhamento de pacotes são chamados de nós intermediários. Os protocolos de roteamento desenvolvidos para MANETs assumem que o encaminhamento cooperativo de pacotes é sempre vantajoso para os dispositivos, no entanto, é sabido que na fase de transmissão de um pacote é verificado o maior consumo de recursos (e.g., processamento e energia). Nas MANETs de uso civil, em que os objetivos e as métricas de desempenho dos integrantes são diversos, os dispositivos podem apresentar um comportamento egoísta, através do não encaminhamento de pacotes, como forma de economizar seus recursos. Este trabalho apresenta uma estratégia autônoma de incentivo á cooperação baseada no uso de créditos. Os dispositivos que encaminham pacotes recebem em troca créditos, enquanto os dispositivos que originam pacotes perdem créditos. Como incentivo, o encaminhamento prioritário de pacotes fornece uma melhor Qualidade de Serviço (QoS) aos nós que possuem créditos. A estratégia utiliza apenas informações locais e não há necessidade de uma entidade central para gerenciar os créditos dos nós. Através de simulações, foram realizados vários experimentos em que foi verificada a eficácia desta estratégia no encaminhamento prioritário dos pacotes gerados pelos nós cooperativos.

Dans cette thèse, nous examinons les aspects essentiels des réseaux locaux sans fil IEEE 802.11 (réseaux WiFi) en mode infrastructure, et identifions les problèmes qui peuvent affecter leurs performances. Après avoir étudié l'état de l'art, nous constatons que de nombreux efforts de recherche ont proposé des solutions diverses mais présentant des limitations qui empêchent leur déploiement dans les réseaux locaux sans fil existants. En outre, les utilisateurs de ces réseaux ont des attentes toujours croissantes de disponibilité, de fiabilité, de réponse instantanée et de sécurité de la part de leurs connexions sans fil. Motivés par ces défis, nous concevons et mettons en œuvre des solutions nouvelles et concrètes aux problèmes ouverts liés à la performance des réseaux locaux sans fil IEEE 802.11. Nous adoptons une approche centrée sur le point d'accès (Access Point), qui n'introduit pas de modifications côté client. Nous nous concentrons sur les aspects suivants des réseaux locaux sans fil : la mobilité des clients, la gestion des canaux, et la qualité de service, et nous explorons trois différents scénarios pour les déploiements les plus répandus : une entreprise, une ville (zone urbaine), et une résidence personnelle (maison ou appartement). Afin de fournir une base commune pour la mise en œuvre pratique de nouvelles solutions 802.11, nous introduisons un modèle de point d'accès intelligent, inspiré des techniques d'auto-gestion. Les contributions principales de cette thèse sont les suivantes : 1. Nous développons une solution de mobilité transparente pour la Voix sur IP (VoIP) dans les réseaux sans fil d'entreprise, appelée Multichannel Virtual Access Point (mVAP), qui n'introduit aucune modification côté client et reste compatible avec les appareils actuels. Nous mettons en œuvre et évaluons mVAP en utilisant du matériel 802.11 standard, et accomplissons une mobilité transparente sans interruption ni dégradation des communications en cours. 2. Nous étudions la possibilité d'exploiter la couverture WiFi existante dans les zones urbaines pour obtenir un accès mobile à Internet, grâce à des simulations réalisées à partir de données réelles collectées par des téléphones portables. Les résultats montrent que cette couverture WiFi est large et que la connectivité offerte peut être efficacement utilisée. Nous identifions des questions ouvertes concernant le déploiement effectif d'un tel réseau WiFi à l'échelle d'une ville, et les applications qui pourraient en bénéficier. 3. Nous proposons un mécanisme dynamique de sélection de canal pour les réseaux locaux sans fil personnels (maisons et appartements), qui utilise la charge de trafic variable dans le temps pour l'estimation d'interférences. Nous mettons en œuvre cette solution en utilisant du matériel 802.11 standard, et nous l'évaluons expérimentalement : les performances d'un tel réseau sont considérablement améliorées en choisissant le canal qui présente le moins d'interférences. / In this dissertation, we examine important aspects of infrastructure IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) and identify issues that can affect their performance. Reviewing the state of the art, we observe that numerous research efforts have proposed diverse solutions with several limitations that impede their deployment in existing WLANs. Moreover, users have ever-increasing expectations of availability, reliability, instantaneous response and security from their wireless connections. Motivated by these challenges, we design and implement novel but practical solutions that address open issues affecting the performance of IEEE 802.11 WLANs. We adopt an Access Point (AP)-based approach, which does not require any modification in the clients. We focus on the following aspects of WLANs: client mobility, channel management, and quality of service, and explore three different scenarios for the most common deployments: an enterprise, a city (urban area), and a personal residence (home). To provide a common basis for practical implementation of new 802.11 solutions, we present a Smart AP model, inspired by self-management techniques. The main contributions of this thesis are: 1. We develop a seamless mobility solution for Voice over IP (VoIP) services in Enterprise WLANs, called Multichannel Virtual Access Points (mVAP), which requires no client modifications and is compatible with current devices. We implement and evaluate mVAP using commodity 802.11 hardware, and achieve transparent mobility without interruption or degradation of ongoing communications. 2. We investigate the feasibility of harnessing the existing WiFi coverage in urban areas for mobile Internet access, through trace-based simulations using real data collected by mobile phones. The results show that the WiFi coverage is large and the connectivity it offers can be effectively exploited. We identify open issues for the actual deployment of such a citywide WiFi network and the applications that could benefit from it. 3. We propose an adaptive traffic-aware channel selection mechanism for Home WLANs, that uses the time-varying traffic load for interference estimation. We implement this solution using commodity 802.11 hardware and experimentally evaluate it: the network performance is drastically improved by constantly picking the channel with the least interference.

abstract: Network traffic analysis by means of Quality of Service (QoS) is a popular research and development area among researchers for a long time. It is becoming even more relevant recently due to ever increasing use of the Internet and other public and private communication networks. Fast and precise QoS analysis is a vital task in mission-critical communication networks (MCCNs), where providing a certain level of QoS is essential for national security, safety or economic vitality. In this thesis, the details of all aspects of a comprehensive computational framework for QoS analysis in MCCNs are provided. There are three main QoS analysis tasks in MCCNs; QoS measurement, QoS visualization and QoS prediction. Definitions of these tasks are provided and for each of those, complete solutions are suggested either by referring to an existing work or providing novel methods. A scalable and accurate passive one-way QoS measurement algorithm is proposed. It is shown that accurate QoS measurements are possible using network flow data. Requirements of a good QoS visualization platform are listed. Implementations of the capabilities of a complete visualization platform are presented. Steps of QoS prediction task in MCCNs are defined. The details of feature selection, class balancing through sampling and assessing classification algorithms for this task are outlined. Moreover, a novel tree based logistic regression method for knowledge discovery is introduced. Developed prediction framework is capable of making very accurate packet level QoS predictions and giving valuable insights to network administrators. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Industrial Engineering 2014

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2017-04-19T14:37:00Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Proposta de dissertação - Completa - vFinal_entrega.pdf: 3978842 bytes, checksum: bfd74789ed1d6b8fb83c52919ed64fe3 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-19T14:37:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Proposta de dissertação - Completa - vFinal_entrega.pdf: 3978842 bytes, checksum: bfd74789ed1d6b8fb83c52919ed64fe3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-30 / As redes corporativas têm evoluído para um ambiente heterogêneo (rede sem fio e cabeada). Estas redes consideram a autenticação do usuário um elemento primordial para garantir níveis adequados de segurança no acesso aos serviços estratégicos da organização. Nas instituições de ensino e pesquisa, o sistema federado baseado na autenticação 802.1x chamado Eduroam (Education Roaming) permite que estudantes e pesquisadores obtenham conectividade sem fio utilizando as mesmas credenciais de suas instituições em qualquer lugar do mundo com suporte a este sistema. Contudo, a qualidade de serviço (QoS) percebida pelo usuário pode ser degradada quando da necessidade de mudança do ponto de acesso sem fio (handover) devido à mobilidade e necessidade de reautenticação de uma sessão em andamento. Apesar das inúmeras soluções existentes na literatura para o gerenciamento de mobilidade, o suporte à autenticação do usuário no processo de handover é um aspecto negligenciado. Esta dissertação propõe um arcabouço para o gerenciamento integrado de redes cabeadas e sem fio baseado em software de código aberto e de baixo custo. A proposta visa tornar o gerenciamento mais simples e centralizado utilizando o paradigma de redes definidas por software (SDN – Software Defined Networking) através do protocolo OpenFlow (OF). Via interface Web é possível obter informações da rede, gerenciar fluxos e controladores OF, criar slices de rede e aplicar políticas de QoS. No contexto do gerenciamento de mobilidade, a proposta implementa e avalia uma estratégia de cache de autenticação que otimiza a qualidade de experiência (QoE) durante o processo de handover e ambiente com autenticação 802.1x/Eduroam. A avaliação foi realizada num ambiente de experimentação e a proposta obteve como resultados os seguintes ganhos: 15,8% na vazão, 25% no atraso médio e 20,5% no PSNR em relação ao cenário de não utilização da proposta de cache de autenticação. Os resultados obtidos demonstram a aplicabilidade da proposta no gerenciamento mobilidade seguro, bem como sua eficácia no suporte aos requisitos de QoS/QoE para sessões de tráfego de vídeo de usuários móveis. / Corporate networks have evolved into a heterogeneous environment (wired and wireless networks). These networks consider user authentication as a key element to ensure adequate levels of security access to the organization's strategic services. In educational and research institutions, the federated system based on 802.1x authentication called Eduroam (Education Roaming) allows students and researchers to gain wireless connectivity using the same credentials of their institutions anywhere in the world that supports this system. However, the quality of service (QoS) perceived by the user can be degraded when they need to change the wireless access point (handover) due to mobility and re-authenticate a session in progress. Despite numerous existing solutions in the literature for mobility management, support for user authentication in the handover process is a neglected aspect. This dissertation proposes a framework for the integrated management of wired and wireless networks based on low cost and open source software. The proposal aims to make simpler and centralized management using the SDN (Software Defined Networking) paradigm via OpenFlow protocol (OF). Through web interface is possible to obtain information from the network, manage flows and OF controllers, create network slices, and apply QoS policies. In the mobility management context, this proposal implements and evaluates a strategy that improves the quality of experience (QoE) environment with 802.1x authentication / Eduroam. In the evaluated experimental environments, the proposed technique achieved gains up to 15.8% on throughput, 25% on average delay and 20.5% on PSNR in comparison to the baseline scenario without authentication cache. Thus, the obtained results demonstrate the applicability of the integrated network management, as well as its effectiveness in supporting of QoS / QoE requirements for video traffic sessions of the mobile users.

Esta dissertação de mestrado aborda a introdução de reconhecimento de sessões http em um modelo de servidor web com serviços diferenciados (SWDS). Algumas técnicas foram desenvolvidas com o objetivo de produzir diferenciação de serviços junto com garantias de que novas sessões poderiam ser aceitas no sistema. Esses objetivos constituem requisitos essenciais na Internet atual, especialmente para aplicações web modernas. Um novo esquema para controle de admissão de sessões foi desenvolvido e introduzido no modelo SWDS, considerando dois mecanismos para aceitar novas sessões, com garantia de nalização. O mecanismo que estima a capacidade do sistema de aceitar novas sessões, baseado em um modelo de sessão construído dinamicamente a partir da carga do sistema, é destacado. A proposta global deste trabalho também considera um controle de admissão de requisições, baseado em sessões, onde a nova política de atendimento criada mantém o sistema livre de sobrecargas e oferece atendimento diferenciado para as sessões. As políticas de negociação desenvolvidas para o controle de admissão de requisições tiveram um papel importante neste trabalho, contribuindo para a priorização do atendimento das sessões. Os resultados obtidos mostram que os controles propostos constituem estruturas fundamentais para a estabilidade do desempenho do sistema, tanto quanto os mecanismos desenvolvidos têm grande importância no atendimento das sessões e, portanto de seus clientes, através de uma abordagem baseada em diferenciação. / This MSc dissertation approaches the introduction of the HTTP sessions recognition in a web server model with diferentiated services (SWDS). Some techniques have been developed aiming at issuing diferentiation of services together with guarantees that new sessions could be accepted in the system. These aims constitute essential requirements for the current Internet, especially for modern web applications. A new scheme for the admission control system has been developed and introduced in the SWDS model, considering two mechanisms for accepting new sessions, with guarantee of their nalizations. The mechanism that estimates the system capacity of acceptance of a new session, based on a session model built dynamically from system workload information, is highlighted. The global propose of this work also considers a request admission control, based on sessions, where the new attendance polices created keep the system free from overloads and over diferentiated attendance for the sessions. The negotiation polices developed for request admission control had an important place in this work, contributing for the session attendance prioritization. The results reached show that the controls proposed comprise fundamental structures for system performance stability, as well as the mechanisms developed have great importance in attending sessions and, therefore, their clients by means of a diferentiation-based approach.

FundaÃÃo Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e TecnolÃgico / Redes mÃveis Ad Hoc (Mobile Ad Hoc Network - MANET) sÃo redes sem fio que nÃo possuem infra-estrutura de comunicaÃÃo fixa e administraÃÃo centralizada. Dessa forma, o gerenciamento da comunicaÃÃo à realizado pelos prÃprios dispositivos, que, alÃm de transmitir e receber pacotes pode funcionar como roteadores. Na funÃÃo de roteador, os dispositivos executam um papel fundamental para manutenÃÃo da conectividade da rede, o encaminhamento de pacotes. Devido ao pequeno alcance dos rÃdios de transmissÃo, nem sempre à possÃvel a comunicaÃÃo direta entre os dispositivos origem e destino. Dessa forma, grande parte das comunicaÃÃes à realizada atravÃs do encaminhamento de pacotes por mÃltiplos saltos. Os dispositivos que realizam o encaminhamento de pacotes sÃo chamados de nÃs intermediÃrios. Os protocolos de roteamento desenvolvidos para MANETs assumem que o encaminhamento cooperativo de pacotes à sempre vantajoso para os dispositivos, no entanto, à sabido que na fase de transmissÃo de um pacote à verificado o maior consumo de recursos (e.g., processamento e energia). Nas MANETs de uso civil, em que os objetivos e as mÃtricas de desempenho dos integrantes sÃo diversos, os dispositivos podem apresentar um comportamento egoÃsta, atravÃs do nÃo encaminhamento de pacotes, como forma de economizar seus recursos. Este trabalho apresenta uma estratÃgia autÃnoma de incentivo à cooperaÃÃo baseada no uso de crÃditos. Os dispositivos que encaminham pacotes recebem em troca crÃditos, enquanto os dispositivos que originam pacotes perdem crÃditos. Como incentivo, o encaminhamento prioritÃrio de pacotes fornece uma melhor Qualidade de ServiÃo (QoS) aos nÃs que possuem crÃditos. A estratÃgia utiliza apenas informaÃÃes locais e nÃo hà necessidade de uma entidade central para gerenciar os crÃditos dos nÃs. AtravÃs de simulaÃÃes, foram realizados vÃrios experimentos em que foi verificada a eficÃcia desta estratÃgia no encaminhamento prioritÃrio dos pacotes gerados pelos nÃs cooperativos. / Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) refer to the wireless networks without a fixed infrastructure and a central administration. In this way, the communication management is self-organized by the mobile nodes in the network. The mobile nodes in MANETs can have a router role. These nodes are known as intermediate nodes and they have na important role to maintain the network connectivity forwarding packets for the benefit of other nodes. Because the small range of the radio transmission, most of the mÃbile nodes (sender and receiver) cannot usually communicate with each other directly. So the communications are relying on multihop routing. Routing protocols for MANETs assume that the nodes are willing to participate in the cooperative packets forwarding, however, in the packet transmission stage it is verified a great resource consumption (e.g., processing and energy). Since forwarding a packet will incur a cost of energy to a node, the nodes can have a selfish behavior avoiding send packets to save their resources. This work describes an autonomous strategy to provide an incentive for mobile nodes to cooperate in a credit-based system. A node receives credit for forwarding a packet while the sender node looses credit. As an incentive for mobile nodes to cooperate they receive a better quality of service (QoS). This strategy uses the amount of credits to classify the ows inside routers nodes. This strategy uses only local information and it does not have a central entity to manage the credit of the nodes. The simulations show that this strategy is efiective to prioritize packets sent by cooperative nodes.