Chapter 1. Introduction

  1. H. Jonathan Chao Ph.D.1,
  2. Xiaolei Guo Ph.D.2

Published Online: 12 FEB 2002

DOI: 10.1002/0471224391.ch1

Book Title

Quality of Service Control in High-Speed Networks

Quality of Service Control in High-Speed Networks

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How to Cite

Chao, H. J. and Guo, X. (2002) Introduction, in Quality of Service Control in High-Speed Networks, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471224391.ch1

Author Information

  1. 1

    Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York, USA

  2. 2

    INTEC Systems, Manalapan, New Jersey, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 12 FEB 2002
  2. Published Print: 1 NOV 2001

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471003977

Online ISBN: 9780471224396

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Keywords:

  • systematic overview;
  • QoS control method;
  • QoS parameters;
  • network technology;
  • nature of traffic;
  • asynchronous transfer mode (ATM);
  • integrated services (Intserv);
  • differentiated services (Diffserv);
  • multiprotocol label switching (MPLS)

Summary

Chapter 1 presents a systematic overview of quality of service (QoS) control methods including admission control, traffic access control, packet scheduling, buffer management, flow and congestion control, and QoS routing. It introduces ATM, Internet Integrated Services (Intserv), Internet Differentiated Services (Diffserv), and Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS). Traffic characterization and QoS parameters are also described.

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