Abstract:
This paper proposes to integrate security parameters into the Service
Level Specification (SLS) template proposed in the Tequila project to improve
SLA-based management of QoS [8], [21]. Integrating those parameters in the
QoS part of the Service Level Agreement (SLA) specification is essential in
particular for secure multimedia services since the QoS is negotiated when the
multimedia service is deployed. Security mechanisms need to be negotiated at
deployment time when sensible multimedia information is exchanged. In this
paper we show that including security parameters in the SLA specification
improves the SLA-based management of QoS and therefore the negotiation,
deployment and use of the secure multimedia service. The parameters this paper
proposes to integrate have the advantage to be understandable by both the endusers
and service providers.
