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QoS

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  • Publications and forums
  • Major resources
  • Carrier services
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    Primers and tutorials

    What is QoS?
    QoS Forum.com.

    QoS glossary of terms
    A technology backgrounder from Stardust.com.

    Update on QoS, Part 1
    Network World LAN Newsletter, 03/12/01.

    Update on QoS, Part 2
    Network World LAN Newsletter, 03/14/01.

    Update on QoS, Part 3
    Network World LAN Newsletter, 03/19/01.

    Update on QoS, Part 4
    Network World LAN Newsletter, 03/21/01.

    Upgrading the Internet
    According to this account new addresses and QoS are the most pressing requirements.
    Economist.com 3/22/01.

    The need for QoS
    A white paper from Stardust.com.

    QoS protocols and architecture
    A white paper from Stardust.com and the QoS Forum.

    Introduction to QoS policies
    Protocols that provide the mechanics to differentiate traffic and there utilization.
    Stardust.com.

    Quality of Service (QoS) Networking
    Cisco.

    QoS, The IP solution
    A white paper from Lucent.

    Publications and forums

    Quality of Service Forum
    Membership and objectives of the QoS Forum.

    Internet2
    A university and industry partnership consortium to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies.

    QSDG Magazine
    Official publication of the Quality of Service Development Group. Interesting articles on a variety of QoS issues.

    Major resources

    White papers on quality of network services
    393 white papers on this subject. Requires free log in.
    IT Papers.com.

    Carrier services

    QoS: Are we there yet?
    Business Communications Review, 04/00.

    Deploying carrier grade services with VoIP technology
    Cisco.

    Getting the customer to switch:Partnerships and voice over broadband offer a way to bypass ILECs and gain small business customers
    A white paper from IT.com. Requires free registration to access full articles.
    IT.com.

    Architectural considerations for providing carrier class telephony services utilizing SIP-based distributed call control mechanisms
    Internet draft, 02/01.
    IETF.

    Diff-Serv

    Newsletter: How Diff-Serv prioritizes frame traffic within a single PVC
    In an "IP-aware" frame relay service the egress queue is managed by the Differentiated Services, not just by PVC. Network World, 11/09/00

    Differentiated services on the Internet
    University of Michigan, Computing Lab.

    Windows 2000 features in support of differentiated services
    Microsoft.

    Differentiated services working group
    IETF.

    Differentiated services on Linux
    Sourceforge.com.

    A white paper on differentiated services
    Intel.

    MPLS

    Tester's Choice: MPLS takes on security role
    Network World, 05/21/01.

    MPLS proposal to aid service levels
    Network World, 07/02/01.

    IETF, MPLS working group

    Warning: MPLS and Rapid Spanning Tree could be hazardous to your network
    The Edge, 8/10/01.

    Nervous about viruses?
    Network World, 08/06/01.

    More Links

    QoS face-off: On the network
    Controlling QoS at the most critical point.
    Network World, 04/30/01.

    QoS face-off: On the desktop
    What's the best way to handle QoS over multiservice networks?
    Network World, 04/30/01.

    The latest news on QoS
    Network World.

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