Multimedia Networking

7.8 Intergrated Services and Differentiated Services

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Introduction
7.1 Multimedia Networking Applications
7.1.1 Examples of Multimedia Applications
7.1.2 Hurdles for Multimedia in Today's Internet
7.1.3 How Should the Internet Evolve to Support Multimedia Better?
7.1.4 Audio and Video Compression
7.2 Streamimg Stored Audio and Video
7.2.1 Accessing Audio and Video Through a Web Server
7.2.2 Sending Multimedia from a Streaming Server to a Helper Application
7.2.3 Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
7.3 Making the Best of the Best-Effort Service: An Internet Phone Example
7.3.1 The Limitations of a Best-Effort Service
7.3.2 Removing Jitter at the Receiver for Audio
7.3.3 Recovering from Packet Loss
7.4 Protocols for Real-Time Interactive Applications
7.4.1 RTP
7.4.2 RTP Control Protocol (RTCP)
7.4.3 SIP
7.4.4 H.323
7.5 Distributing Multimedia: Content Distribution Networks
7.6 Beyond Best Effort
7.6.1 Scenario 1: A 1 Mbps Audio Application and an FTP
7.6.2 Scenario 2: A 1 Mbps Audio Application and a High-Priority FTP Transfer
7.6.3 Scenario 3: A Misbehaving Audio Application and an FTP Transfer
7.6.4 Scenario 4: Two 1 Mbps Audio Applications over an Overload 1.5 Mbps Link
7.7 Scheduling and Policing Mechanisms
7.7.1 Scheduling Mechanisms
7.7.2 Policing: The Leaky Bucket
7.8 Intergrated Services and Differentiated Services
7.8.1 Intserv
7.8.2 Diffserv
7.9 RSVP
7.9.1 The Essence of RSVP
7.9.2 A Few Simple Examples
Intergrated Services and Differentiated Services

There are two architectures that have been proposed for providing quality of service in the Internet- integrated services (Intserv) and differentiated services (Diffserv) architecture.  Intserv is a framwork developed within the IETF to provide individualized QoS guarantees to individual application sessions.  The goal of Diffserv is to provide the ability to handle different classes of traffic in differnet ways within the Internet.  Although neither Interserv nor Diffserv have taken off and found widespread adoption, they represent the IEFT's current standards for providing quality of service guarantees.  Incorporating the principles and mechanisms. 

7.8.1 Intserv
7.8.2 Dirrserv