
16 Chapter 1: Introducing IP Quality of Service
This book provides complete coverage of IP QoS and all related technologies, complete
with case studies. Readers will gain a thorough understanding in the following areas to help
deliver and deploy IP QoS and MPLS-based traffic engineering:
• Fundamentals and the need for IP QoS
• The diffserv QoS architecture and its enabling QoS functionality
• The Intserv QoS model and its enabling QoS functions
• ATM, Frame Relay, and IEEE 802.1p/802.1Q QoS technologies—Interworking with
IP QoS
• MPLS and MPLS VPN QoS—Interworking with IP QoS
• MPLS traffic engineering
• Routing policies, general IP QoS functions, and ...