Matta, IbrahimBestavros, Azer2011-10-202011-10-202000-03-12Matta, Ibrahim; Bestavros, Azer. "QoS Controllers for the Internet", Technical Report BUCS-2000-008, Computer Science Department, Boston University, March 12, 2000. [Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/1802]https://hdl.handle.net/2144/1802In this position paper, we review basic control strategies that machines acting as "traffic controllers" could deploy in order to improve the management of Internet services. Such traffic controllers are likely to spur the widespread emergence of advanced applications, which have (so far) been hindered by the inability of the networking infrastructure to deliver on the promise of Quality-of-Service (QoS).en-USTechnical Report