Deploying IP and MPLS QoS for Multiservice Networks

QoS, short for "quality of service," is one of the most important goals a network designer or administrator will have. Ensuring that the network runs at optimal precision with data remaining accurate, traveling fast, and to the correct user are the main objectives of QoS. The various media that fly across the network including voice, video, and data have different idiosyncrasies that try the dimensions of the network. This malleable network architecture poses an always moving potential problem for the network professional.

The authors have provided a comprehensive treatise on this subject. They have included topics such as traffic engineering, capacity planning, and admission control. This book provides real world case studies of QoS in multiservice networks. These case studies remove the mystery behind QoS by illustrating the how, what, and why of implementing QoS within networks. Readers will be able to learn from the successes and failures of these actual working designs and configurations.

• Helps readers understand concepts of IP QoS by presenting clear descriptions of QoS components, architectures, and protocols
• Directs readers in the design and deployment of IP QoS networks through fully explained examples of actual working designs
• Contains real life case studies which focus on implementation

About the Authors

John Evans is a Distinguished Consulting Engineer with Cisco Systems, where he has been instrumental in the engineering and deployment of quality of service and policy control. His current areas of focus include policy/resource control, admission control, QOS, and traffic management with associated work in the DSL Forum, the Multiservice Forum, and ETSI/TISPAN. Prior to joining Cisco in 1998, John worked for BT where he was responsible for the design and development of large-scale networks for the financial community. Prior to BT, he worked on the design and deployment of battlefield communications networks for the military. He received a BEng (Hons) degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST, now part of the University of Manchester), UK in 1991 and an MSc degree in Communications Engineering from UMIST in 1996. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE).

Clarence Filsfils is a Cisco Distinguished System Engineer and a recognized expert in Routing and Quality of Service. He has been playing a key role in engineering, marketing, and deploying the quality of service and fast routing convergence technology at Cisco Systems. Clarence is a regular speaker at conferences. He has published several journal articles and holds over 30 patents on QOS and routing mechanisms.