Introducing QoS

Understanding QoS

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QoS Defined

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QoS for Converged Networks

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Step 1: Identify Traffic and Its Requirements

Network audit Identify traffic on the network Business audit Determine how each type of traffic is important for business Service levels required Determine required response time

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QoS Traffic Requirements: Voice

Latency < 150 ms* Jitter < 30 ms* Loss < 1%* 17-106 kbps guaranteed priority bandwidth per call 150 bps (+ Layer 2 overhead) guaranteed bandwidth for voicecontrol traffic per call

*one-way requirements
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QoS Requirements: Videoconferencing

Latency 150 ms* Jitter 30 ms* Loss 1%* Minimum priority bandwidth guarantee required is: Video stream + 20% For example, a 384 kbps stream would require 460 kbps of priority bandwidth

*one-way requirements

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QoS Traffic Requirements: Data

Different applications have different traffic characteristics. Different versions of the same application can have different traffic characteristics. Classify data into relative-priority model with no more than four to five classes: Mission-Critical Apps: Locally defined critical applications Transactional: Interactive traffic, preferred data service Best-Effort: Internet, e-mail, unspecified traffic Less-Than-Best-Effort (Scavenger): Napster, Kazaa, peer-to-peer applications
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Step 2: Divide Traffic into Classes

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Step 3: Define Policies for Each Traffic Class

Set minimum bandwidth guarantee Set maximum bandwidth limits Assign priorities to each class Manage congestion

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QoS Policy
A network-wide definition of the specific levels of quality of service assigned to different classes of network traffic

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QoS Policy (Cont.)

Align Network Resources with Business Priorities

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Summary
QoS is the ability of the network to provide better or special service to users and applications. Building QoS requires three steps: identify requirements, classify network traffic, and define network-wide policies for quality. Voice, video, and data have very different QoS requirements to run effectively on a network. These requirements affect how voice, video, and data packets are identified. Business requirements determine how to define traffic into traffic classes, from highest priority to lowest priority. A QoS policy is a network-wide definition of the specific levels of QoS assigned to classes of network traffic.

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