%0 Conference Paper %B 1st IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Systems and Networking (WMSN 2005), Phoenix, Arizona, USA %D 2005 %T Examining the Benefits of a Hybrid Distributed Architecture for Bandwidth Brokers %A Christos Bouras %A Kostas Stamos %X In this paper the issue of the architectural organization of a Bandwidth Broker with respect to the distribution of functionalities among separate entities is examined. We discuss the benefits of a distributed versus a centralized architecture and study some of the most important implementations. We also present a novel design proposal that builds on our earlier work on the admission control module of a Bandwidth Broker and introduces it in the framework of a distributed Bandwidth Broker architecture. Our conclusions are supported by a series of simulated experiments that we analyze. %B 1st IEEE International Workshop on Multimedia Systems and Networking (WMSN 2005), Phoenix, Arizona, USA %P 491 - 498 %8 7 - 9 April %G eng