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Resources on enterprise networks and the Internet consist of information, storage devices, peripherals, applications, networking devices, IP addresses, processing power, and bandwidth. The topic "Network Management" describes user and device management on enterprise networks. More recently, resource management has been associated with bandwidth management.

In a bandwidth-managed network where QoS (Quality of Service) is being provided, a mechanism is required that can estimate the level of QoS that a new user session will need and whether there is enough bandwidth available to service that session. If bandwidth is available, the session is admitted.

Bandwidth management is about monitoring, controlling, and enforcing the use of network resources and services. This can be done with a policy-based management system...