Chapter 8: Quality of Service Meets MPLS

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Introduction

Quality of Service (QoS) is an issue that has long plagued the telecommunications industry. Each advance in networking must be coupled with an advance in a provider’s standards for ensuring consistency and accuracy of data transmission. With a technology as new and as innovative as MPLS, Quality of Service assumes particular importance. In this chapter, we will discuss the elements of QoS, the QoS myths and pitfalls to avoid, and the various options for tailoring a network to attain complete, comprehensive, and consistent Quality of Service.

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