February 2007
Intermediate to advanced
1104 pages
27h 48m
English
The previous chapter introduced you to the concepts and technologies used in guaranteeing premium quality of service (QoS) for PacketCable subscribers. You learned what a DQoS gate is and its possible states. You learned how the Common Open Policy Service (COPS) protocol is used with respect to distributed quality of service (DQoS). You also learned about the Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) QoS mechanisms used in PacketCable. This chapter builds upon this knowledge by illustrating how these concepts are applied in the context of actual calls. Chapter 7, “NCS (Network-based Call Signaling),” examines the manner in which the Network-based Call Signaling (NCS) ...