Quality of service : delivering QoS on the Internet and in corporate networks / Paul Ferguson and Geoff Huston.
By: Ferguson, Paul
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Contributor(s): Huston, Geoff.
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BookPublisher: New York : Wiley, 1998Description: xxi, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0471243582.Subject(s): Internet -- Evaluation | Telecommunication -- Traffic -- Management | Intranets (Computer networks) -- EvaluationDDC classification: 004.65 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 004.65 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00097787 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Develop cost-effective, long-term solutions to your network traffic control problems.
Even if you can find the money to do it, overengineering your network will not solve your traffic flow problems. As the authors of this groundbreaking guide clearly demonstrate, the best long-term solution to network congestion and bottlenecks can be found in a set of Quality of Service (QoS) architectures, policies, and technologies known as differentiated Classes of Service (CoS).
Quality of Service is a valuable working resource for technical managers charged with solving the problem of how to handle the exploding volume of traffic on their companies' networks. The authors explore the roots of the current network traffic control crisis and they provide a realistic assessment of the gamut of standard, new, and emerging QoS/CoS technologies. They consider all crucial, design, cost, and support issues surrounding quality of service deployment for all types of networks, including intranets and multimedia networks. And they provide managers with a rational framework for finding the most cost-effective QoS/CoS solutions to their organizations' long-term networking goals.
Key technical issues covered include:
* Queuing disciplines, traffic shaping, and admission control techniques
* Quality and differentiation hooks found in TCP/IP
* Getting the most out of Frame Relay and ATM technologies
* QoS/CoS techniques for dial-up services
* Integrated Services Architecture and RSVP.
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Bibliography: (pages 251-256) and index.
What is quality of service? -- Implementing Policy in Networks -- QoS and Queuing Disciplines, Traffic Shaping and Admission Control -- QoS and TCP/IP: Finding the common denominator -- QoS and Frame Relay -- QoS and ATM -- The Integrated Services Architecture -- QoS and Dial Access -- QoS and Future Possibilities -- QoS: Final Thoughts and Observations -- Afterword: QoS and Multiprotocol Corporate Networks.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- What Is Quality of Service?
- Implementing Policy in Networks
- QoS and Queuing Disciplines, Traffic Shaping, and Admission Control
- QoS and TCP/IP: Finding the Common Denominator
- QoS and Frame Relay
- QoS and ATM
- The Integrated Services Architecture
- QoS and Dial Access
- QoS and Future Possibilities
- QoS: Final Thoughts and Observations
- Afterword: QoS and Multiprotocol Corporate Networks
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Paul Ferguson is a consulting engineer at Cisco Systems and an active participant on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). His principal areas of expertise include large-scale network architecture, global routing issues, and Internet Service Providers.Geoff Huston has been responsible for the operation of the major Australian Internet backbone system since its inception. Both Geoff and Paul are active members of the IETF Standards organization.