Networking quality of service and windows operating systems

Before his involvement with QoS specifically, Yoram designed the network infrastructure for the Microsoft Interactive TV program. Prior to his move to Microsoft, he worked at Mernorex/Telex briefly, and at AT&T and Bell Labs for nine years. At AT&T, Yoram developed graphics hardware and communications software.

Yoram has a degree in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

The Technology Series is a comprehensive and authoritative set of guides to the most important computing standards of today. Each title in this series is aimed at bringing computing professionals closer to the scientists and engineers behind the technological implementations that wiR change tomorrow's innovations in computing.

Quality of Service enables network managers to offer high-quahty services to network applications while improving the efficiency with which resources are used. This book describes QoS standards work that has evolved over the past few years. It provides network administrators, developers of networked applications, and IT decision makers with an understanding of QoS mechanisms and the role of Windows operating systems in networking QoS. This authoritative reference examines:

• Motivations for QoS-enabling one's network
  
• The quality/efficiency product of a network
  
• Windows QoS mechanisms in detail, including the Generic QoS API, the traff ic control API, the Adrm'ssion Control Service (ACS), and the operation of the QoS service provider
  

Networking Quality of Service and Windou,~s Operating Systems explains the myriad technologies (both hostand network-based) that play a role in the full-service QoS-enabled network. This book will help you:

• Determine the trade-offs when deciding whether to implernéura QoS-enabled network
  
• Understand the numerous mechanisms involved in providing QoS-enabled networks, such as RSVP, ATM, Differentiated Services, 802.1 user priori and others
  
• Combine QoS technologies to most efficiently support a range of service qualities on networks of varying media and topologies
  
• Analyze and troubleshoot networks that employ Windows QoS mechanisms using varions tools
  

Contents

• Introduction
  
• Introduction to Quality of Service
  
• The Quality /Efficiency Product : The Reason to Qos-Enable a Network
  
• Queuing Mechnisms
  
• Integrated Services
  
• RSVP
  
• Differntiated Services
  
• The Subnet Bandwidth Manager and 802 Networks
  
• Quos over Layer 2 Media Other Than 802
  
• Quos Policy
  
• Putting the Pieces Together-End-to-End Quos
  
• The Microsoft Qos Components
  
• The Gqos API and the Qos Service Provider
  
• The Traffic Control API and Traffic Control Components
  
• The Microsoft Admission Control Service
  
• Troubleshooting and Demonstrating Windows 2000 Qos Functionality
  
• References
  
• Index