Network Quality of Service Know It All

This book brings all of the elements of network quality of service (QoS) together in a single volume by the best and brightest experts in the field!

Adrian Farrel (Edited by)

9780123745972, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 15 December 2008

352 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.5 cm, 0.87 kg

The term Quality of Service, abbreviated QoS, refers to network resource control mechanisms. Quality of Service is the ability to provide different priority to different applications, users, or data flows, or to guarantee a certain level of performance to a data flow. This book brings all of the elements of network quality of service (QoS) together in a single volume, saving the reader the time and expense of making multiple purchases. It introduces network QoS, explains the basics, describes the protocols, and discusses advanced topics, by the best and brightest experts in the field. It is a quick and efficient way to bring valuable content together from leading experts in the field while creating a one-stop-shopping opportunity for customers to receive the information they would otherwise need to round up from separate sources.

Ch 1: Internet QoS: The Big Picture
Ch 2: Traffic Engineering and QoS Optimization Technology Overview (
Ch 3: Quality of Service in Congestion Control and Resource Allocation
Ch 4: IP Service Management
Ch 5: Quality of Service Routing
Ch 6: QoS in IP-Based Services
Ch 7: Foundation of Policy-Based Network Management
Ch 8: QoS Policy Usage Examples in Policy-Based Network Management
Ch 9: IPv6 Quality of Service
Ch 10: QoS in IP Networks Using SIP
Ch 11: Core Capacity Planning and Traffic Engineering in IP and MPLS Networks

Subject Areas: Computer networking & communications [UT], Management of specific areas [KJMV], Business strategy [KJC]