Abstract
Differentiated Services (DiffServ) architecture enables IP networks to offer different QoS levels to different users and applications. In this context, the definition of analytical tools to dimension network resources and buffer parameters has become a challenging problem for telecommunications research. The target of this paper is to define a new model of a DiffServ domain, loaded by TCP sources requiring different PHB’s. In particular three different PHBs are considered: the AF-PHB, used for TCP data traffic with throughput requirements, the EF-PHB, chosen by all aggregates of TCP traffic with both throughput and delay requirements, and the BE-PHB, assigned to TCP traffic with no QoS requirements. The analytical framework is applied to a case study to evaluate how a different setting of the bandwidth reserved for EF traffic can impact the performance offered by the Diffserv network, not only to EF traffic but also to AF and BE traffic.
This work was funded by the TANGO project of the FIRB program of the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research.
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Barbera, M., Lombardo, A., Schembra, G., Trecarichi, A. (2005). An Analytical Framework to Design a DiffServ Network Supporting EF-, AF- and BE-PHBs. In: Ajmone Marsan, M., Bianchi, G., Listanti, M., Meo, M. (eds) Quality of Service in Multiservice IP Networks. QoS-IP 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3375. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30573-6_21
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