HUAWEI NetEngine40E Universal Service Router

Feature Description - QoS Contents

Contents

1 About This Document.................................................................................................................. 1

2 What Is QoS.................................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 What Is QoS....................................................................................................................................................................4
2.2 QoS Specifications......................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.3 Common QoS Specifications..........................................................................................................................................8

3 DiffServ Overview...................................................................................................................... 13
3.1 DiffServ Model.............................................................................................................................................................13
3.2 DSCP and PHB.............................................................................................................................................................14
3.3 Components in the DiffServ Model..............................................................................................................................17

4 End-to-End QoS Service Models.............................................................................................. 20

5 Overall QoS Process....................................................................................................................23
6 Classification and Marking....................................................................................................... 45
6.1 Traffic Classifiers and Traffic Behaviors......................................................................................................................45
6.2 QoS Priority Fields....................................................................................................................................................... 47
6.3 BA Classification..........................................................................................................................................................50
6.3.1 What Is BA Classification......................................................................................................................................... 50
6.3.2 QoS Priority Mapping............................................................................................................................................... 50
6.3.3 BA and PHB.............................................................................................................................................................. 70
6.4 MF Classification......................................................................................................................................................... 75
6.4.1 What Is MF Classification......................................................................................................................................... 75
6.4.2 Traffic Policy Based on MF Classification................................................................................................................78
6.4.3 QPPB......................................................................................................................................................................... 82

7 Traffic Policing and Traffic Shaping....................................................................................... 87

7.1 Traffic Policing............................................................................................................................................................. 87
7.1.1 Overview................................................................................................................................................................... 87
7.1.2 Token Bucket............................................................................................................................................................. 88
7.1.3 CAR........................................................................................................................................................................... 92
7.1.4 Traffic Policing Applications.....................................................................................................................................97
7.2 Traffic Shaping........................................................................................................................................................... 101
7.3 Comparison Between Traffic Policing and Traffic Shaping.......................................................................................109

8 Congestion Management and Avoidance.............................................................................111

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8.1 Traffic Congestion and Solutions................................................................................................................................111

8.2 Queues and Congestion Management.........................................................................................................................114
8.3 Congestion Avoidance................................................................................................................................................ 127
8.4 Impact of Queue Buffer on Delay and Jitter...............................................................................................................131
8.5 HQoS.......................................................................................................................................................................... 132

9 MPLS QoS...................................................................................................................................156
9.1 MPLS QoS Overview................................................................................................................................................. 156
9.2 MPLS DiffServ...........................................................................................................................................................157
9.3 MPLS HQoS...............................................................................................................................................................163
9.3.1 Implementation Principle........................................................................................................................................ 163
9.3.2 Application.............................................................................................................................................................. 166

10 Multicast Virtual Scheduling................................................................................................168

10.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................. 168
10.2 Principles.................................................................................................................................................................. 169
10.2.1 Basic Principles of Multicast Virtual Scheduling..................................................................................................170
10.3 Applications..............................................................................................................................................................170
10.3.1 Typical Single-Edge Network with Multicast Virtual Scheduling........................................................................ 171
10.3.2 Typical Double-Edge Network with Multicast Virtual Scheduling.......................................................................171

11 L2TP QoS...................................................................................................................................173
11.1 Introduction to L2TP QoS........................................................................................................................................ 173
11.2 Principles.................................................................................................................................................................. 173
11.2.1 Principles............................................................................................................................................................... 174

12 Acronyms and Abbreviations............................................................................................... 175

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