Recently, intuitionistic fuzzy pairs have been used as uncertainty estimations of the request services in service systems. In the present paper, three intuitionistic fuzzy characterizations of virtual service devices are specified: intuitionistic fuzzy traffic estimation, intuitionistic fuzzy flow estimation and intuitionistic fuzzy estimation about probability. Discussed herein are two approaches to the intuitionistic fuzzy estimation of the uncertainty of compositions of services. One of the approaches is based on the definitions of the intuitionistic fuzzy pairs for one service device. The other approach is based on the aggregation operators over intuitionistic fuzzy pairs. A total of six intuitionistic fuzzy estimations of the uncertainty of comprise service device are proposed. The proposed uncertainty estimations allow for the definition of new Quality of Service (QoS) indicators and can be used to determine the quality of service compositions across a wide range of service systems.
This chapter presents scalable conceptual and analytical performance models of overall telecommunication systems, allowing the prediction of multiple Quality of Service (QoS) indicators as functions of the user- and network behavior. Two structures of the conceptual presentation are considered and an analytical method for converting the presentations, along with corresponding additive and multiplicative metrics, is proposed. A corresponding analytical model is elaborated, which allows the prediction of flow-, time-, and traffic characteristics of terminals and users, as well as the overall network performance. In accordance with recommendations of the International Telecommunications Union’s Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T), analytical expressions are proposed for predicting four QoS indicators. Differentiated QoS indicators for each subservice, as well as analytical expressions for their prediction, are proposed. Overall pie characteristics and their causal aggregations are proposed as causal-oriented QoS indicators. The results demonstrate the ability of the model to facilitate a more precise dynamic QoS management as well as to serve as a source for predicting some Quality of Experience (QoE) indicators.
Conceptual and analytical models of an overall telecommunication system are utilized in this chapter for the definition of scalable indicators towards Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring, prediction, and management. The telecommunication system is considered on different levels – service phase, service stage, network, and overall system. The network itself is presented in seven service stages – A-user, A-terminal, Dialing, Switching, B-terminal Seizure, B-terminal, and B-user, each having its own characteristics and specifics. Traffic quality indicators are proposed on each level. Two network cost/quality ratios are proposed – mean and instantaneous – along with illustrative numerical predictions of the latter, which could be useful for dynamic pricing policy execution, depending on the network load. All defined indicators could be considered as sources for Quality of Experience (QoE) prediction.
Conceptual models of overall telecommunication system are developed and used for definition of scalable Quality of Service (QoS) Indicators towards better QoS monitoring, prediction and management. The telecom system, including calling (A), called (B)-users and terminals and Trusted Third Parties, is considered consisting of ten service stages. Each service stage, including Information Security Stage, has own characteristics of service. The QoS of the overall network and system are presented as compositions of the service stages' QoS indicators.