An automatic SLA negotiation protocol for a Future Internet

Over the years the Internet became the primary means of communication, many companies use it as basis for their services. However, the current Internet does not guarantee Quality of Service, emerging the concept of network virtualization as the basis for the Future Internet. A common strategy used by companies is to define a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with their respective Internet Service Providers. Within this context, this paper proposes a full automatic SLA negotiation protocol for a Future Internet. The proposed protocol allows the client to negotiate network resources and the protocol stack used in the virtual network.