The effect of physical and link layers on IP QoS

Author

Dunn, J.H. ; Martin, C.E.

Author_Institution

SI Int., Inc., Reston, VA

fYear

2005

fDate

17-20 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

780

Abstract

In the traditional Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) network model, Internet protocol (IP) provided only an unreliable, best-effort delivery service. As a result, the effects of the physical and data-link layers on IP performance were ignored. In the current Internet service provider (ISP) environment, service-level agreements (SLA) require that IP-based services provide quality of service (QoS) guarantees. These guarantees (e.g., asynchronous transfer mode [ATM], connection admission control, and frame relay [FR] traffic policing) are often based on or enforced through physical and link-layer provisioning parameters. In this paper, we examine the effects of the ATM and FR physical and data-link layers and their inter-working on IP performance. Specifically, we characterize the impact of ATM and FR impairments, traffic policing, and inter-working on IP traffic

Keywords

IP networks; Internet; asynchronous transfer mode; computer network management; quality of service; ATM; IP QoS; Internet protocol; Internet service provider; asynchronous transfer mode; best-effort delivery service; data-link layers; frame relay; quality of service; service-level agreements; Admission control; Appropriate technology; Asynchronous transfer mode; Convolution; Frame relay; IP networks; Protocols; Quality of service; Telecommunication traffic; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2005. MILCOM 2005. IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9393-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2005.1605776

Filename

1605776