
178 Chapter 8: Layer 2 QoS: Interworking with IP QoS
ATM Interworking with IP QoS
In an IP network where a certain part of the network uses ATM as the underlying Layer 2
technology (as in Figure 8-5), the IP traffic is carried across the ATM backbone using a VC
provisioned with certain ATM QoS, which suits the IP traffic it carries. Due to congestion
at the ingress to the ATM network, however, queues can build up and certain packets might
be tail-dropped. Without IP QoS, such packet drops are random and happen without any
knowledge of the packet’s IP precedence value, which fails to deliver end-to-end IP QoS
across an ATM network. Hence, a need ...