QOS-Enabled Networks

This book discusses the theory of Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms in packet networks and shows how to apply them in practice
QOS-Enabled Networks: Tools and Foundations provides an understanding of the theory of QOS mechanisms in packet networks and how to apply them in practice. It explains QOS management features found in modern routers used by Internet Service Providers (ISP) and large companies. The goal of this book is to provide the background and tools to help network managers and engineers configure production networks for providing services with quality of service (QOS) guarantees. The authors underline the book's focus on providing an understanding of network behavior ("real effects") related to configuration of network elements (routers and switches) rather than just a description of such configuration. They also emphasize their vendor-agnostic approach in contrast with other existing and cited books on the subject.
The book is divided into three parts: 1) Foundations (QOS signaling and operation, Risks and solutions, QOS building blocks, QOS network, Historical evolution and standards, 2) Tools (QOS packets handling, Traffic classification, Policing and shaping, Queuing and scheduling, rewrite rules), 3) End to End (QOS in one router, QOS in one network, Case studies, Future) QOS-Enabled Networks : Tools and Foundations
Miguel Barreiros and Peter Lundqvist, Juniper Networks
With a foreword by Kannan Kothandaraman
"This is the first book about QOS that I actually enjoyed reading precisely because the authors focused on real-life QoS and not in academic discussions about it."
Per Nihlen, IP Network Manager, NORDUnet
The new authoritative, practical guide to delivering QOS guarantees
This new benchmark in quality of service (QOS) study is written by two experts in the field who deal with QOS predicaments every day. The authors not only provide a lucid understanding of modern theory of QOS mechanisms in packet networks but how to apply them