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Large-Scale IP Network Solutions (CCIE Professional Development)
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Large-Scale IP Network Solutions (CCIE Professional Development)

by Khalid Raza - CCIE, Mark Turner
November 1999
Intermediate to advanced
576 pages
15h 3m
English
Cisco Press
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Introduction to QoS

One school of thought believes that IP QoS is not cost-effective; and that spending money on fiber, over-engineering, or very responsive capacity-upgrade mechanisms is more cost-effective. It seems wise to subscribe to that school of thought when considering the backbone of a network. Nevertheless, simply waving money around does not immediately increase global fiber infrastructure. Networks will always face short-term congestion and isolated hot spots within a network architecture, such as international links for large ISPs. Therefore, it is important to understand the various mechanisms that enable you to manage or avoid congestion.

This chapter begins by reviewing various methods of providing differentiated service. In ...

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