Section 6. Quality of Service

Converged networks must be engineered properly to guarantee satisfactory VoIP service. This section describes quality of service (QoS) requirements: conceptual models such as best effort, Integrated Services (IntServ), and differentiated services (DiffServ); and the implementation of QoS on Cisco IOS platforms.

The section covers the theory of QoS, design issues, and configuration of various QoS mechanisms to facilitate the creation of effective QoS administrative policies, with a special focus on voice transport. It provides design and usage rules for various advanced QoS features and for the integration of QoS with underlying Layer 2 QoS mechanisms. The section enables learners to design and implement efficient, ...

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