Classification and Comparison of QoS Specification Languages for Distributed Multimedia Applications

Quality of Service (QoS) is becoming an integral part of currently ubiquitous distributed multimedia applications. However, before any QoS-related mechanisms and policies, such as admission control, resource reservation, enforcement, and adaptation, can be invoked, applications need to express their QoS requirements. A considerable amount of research has been done in QoS-aware Application Programming Interface (API) design and QoS specification language development for multimedia systems. In this paper, we present an extensive survey of existing QoS specification languages, and methodologically classify and compare them. The paper provides users with a global and insightful knowledge of this important area; knowing how to evaluate QoS languages, and what aspects are most relevant when designing new languages.

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