1. Panel: "QoS Provisioning at the Network Edge" John Vicente Intel Corporation / Columbia University USENIX Special Workshop on Intelligence at the Network Edge Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco March 20, 2000

2. “What level of intelligence at the edge will be sufficient to achieve QoS?” Timing considerations –Consumer driven –Industry evolution Network architectural considerations Level of programmability Degree of abstraction Panel Q: Have we resolved IP-based QoS? – Is network programmability a solution for IP QoS?

3. Ubiquitous IP Infrastructure Convergence, integration and efficiency –Multi-service aggregation devices QoS, security, provisioning and network management –ToS, 802.1p, DiffServ, MPLS, RSVP, bandwidth broker(?) – or a hybrid –Policy-based management & COPS Configured (management scale) policies to provision, service differentiate and perform bandwidth segmentation –Packet content-based metering & provisioning

4. Open and horizontal …enabling interoperability, open markets, flexibility –Increasing network intelligence –Standard APIs & programmable building blocks –Flexible, dynamic QoS control and provisioning Open Network Architectures

5. Programmable Internet Platform Network automation and customization ….enabling privacy, personalization and autonomy (i.e., programmability and QoS) –Network shares computation with the end systems Advanced middleware & programmability models Unified APIs and common network abstractions –Automate the networking design, deployment process –Ultimate network abstraction =>Programmable virtual networks Transforming the “edge”

6. Updates OPENSIG’2000 will be hosted by Intel in October of this year. The Intel IX Architecture is a new approach to designing networking and telecommunications equipment based on reprogrammable silicon and open interfaces. …more information on how to join the Intel Internet Exchange Architecture Developers Forum, visit http://www.ixarchitectureforum.org. http://www.ixarchitectureforum.org