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Quality of Service and MPLS Methodologies
Overview Routers that forward Internet traffic on a first-in-first-out basis (called best-effort (BE)), work well as long as the there is enough buffer capacity on the interface. As the amount of traffic on the Internet grows the network performance gradually decreases, causing network degradation, network delay or jitter, and packet loss. Applications such as Web access, email, and file transfer can typically withstand network delays, but delay-sensitive applications such as voice, video, and other real-time applications cannot. In a best-effort data delivery network, increasing bandwidth is a necessary first step to help with these delay-sensitive and real-time applications. Faster links require faster memory/buffers or more forwarding resource on the routers to eliminate delays, but it is still not enough to avoid jitter during traffic bursts.
| Publisher | IP Infusion | File Format | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date Published | May 2004 | ||
| Format | White Papers | ||
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