Table of Contents

What Is Quality of Service? Implementing Policy in Networks. QoS and Queuing Disciplines, Traffic Shaping, and Admission Control. QoS and TCP/IP: Finding the Common Denominator. QoS and Frame Relay. QoS and ATM. The Integrated Services Architecture. QoS and Dial Access. QoS and Future Possibilities. QoS: Final Thoughts and Observations. Afterword: QoS and Multiprotocol Corporate Networks. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

About the Author

Paul Ferguson is a consulting engineer at Cisco Systems and an active participant on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). His principal areas of expertise include large-scale network architecture, global routing issues, and Internet Service Providers. Geoff Huston has been responsible for the operation of the major Australian Internet backbone system since its inception. Both Geoff and Paul are active members of the IETF Standards organization.