Lets you understand the features and benefits of service-aware hierarchical Quality of Service (QoS) and how to use QoS for designing and implementing IP networks with Advanced QoS for Multi-Service IP/MPLS Networks. This book also features an overview of how you can employ QoS to reach business objectives defined for an IP/MPLS network.

Understand the features and benefits of service-aware hierarchical Quality of Service (QoS) and how to use QoS for designing and implementing IP networks with Advanced QoS for Multi-Service IP/MPLS Networks. Obtain a solid theoretical and practical overview of how you can employ QoS to reach business objectives defined for an IP/MPLS network. Create a solid QoS architecture and design, which is mandatory to prioritize services throughout the network. Topics include standard QoS models for IP/MPLS networks, forwarding classes and queuing priorities, buffer management, multipoint shared queuing, hierarchical scheduling, and rate limiting.

Introduction.Part 1 Fundamentals of IP/MPLS QoS.Chapter 1 The Need for Quality of Service.Chapter 2 QoS Models And Network Convergence.Chapter 3 Understanding Type of Service Markings.Chapter 4 Fundamental QoS Features.Part 2 ALSRP QoS Features.Chapter 5 ALSRP Architecture and Quality of Service Implementation.Chapter 6 Network Traffic Classification.Chapter 7 Advanced Traffic Classification.Chapter 8 Queuing and Buffer Management.Chapter 9 Hardware Queue Enabling Options at Access Ingress.Chapter 10 Scheduling.Chapter 11 Hierarchical Scheduling.Chapter 12 Traffic Rate-Limiting.Chapter 13 Special Topics.Part 3 Designing Quality of Service.Chapter 14 QoS Design Principles and Service Requirements.Chapter 15 Hierarchical Scheduling Design-A Case Study.Glossary.Index.