Differentiated services over cable networks

Author

Golmie, Nuda ; Mouveaux, Frederic ; Su, David H.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1109

Abstract

The current medium access control interface specifications of the Multimedia Cable Network System (MCNS) project describe a best effort access service over cable networks. We show that even though these specifications are mainly intended to support IP traffic, there is a significant benefit in the stratification of the cable service offerings. We present a priority system to extend the MCNS MAC protocol so that differentiated services can be supported on hybrid fiber coaxial networks with different levels of performance

Keywords

access protocols; digital simulation; hybrid fibre coax networks; multimedia communication; network interfaces; telecommunication networks; telecommunication services; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; IP traffic; MCNS MAC protocol; MCNS project; Multimedia Cable Network System project; best effort access service; cable networks; contention access; differentiated services; hybrid fiber coaxial networks; medium access control interface specifications; performance levels; priority ordering; priority system; simulation results; Access protocols; Coaxial cables; Communication cables; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Media Access Protocol; NIST; Quality of service; Standards organizations; Telecommunication standards; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1999. GLOBECOM '99

Conference_Location

Rio de Janeireo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5796-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1999.829946

Filename

829946