Implementing QoS for VoIP in a Local Area Network (LAN)
Egbenyon, Donald (2011)
Turun ammattikorkeakoulu
2011
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201201091119
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201201091119
Tiivistelmä
Quality of Service(QoS) is being deployed by most VoIP service providers today in order for such enterprises to efficiently use its bandwidth in an integrated network.
These service providers expect their respective clients to implement QoS on their LAN in order to maximize the bandwidth resources at their disposal and ensure a flawless and high quality VoIP for its use. With the necessary equipment in the LAN, the network administrator with the required knowledge in QoS design and implementation can configure the various routers and switches to give priority to voice in the LAN. This thesis focuses on the implementation of Quality of Service(QoS) in a LAN that extends over an IP/MPLS network. QoS was configured on all the switches in a particular network in order for priority to be given to the Voice packets going through this network. The aim is to show that although QoS is not so important in a LAN within a Region, it becomes important when that LAN extends to other Regions over an IP/MPLS network.
These service providers expect their respective clients to implement QoS on their LAN in order to maximize the bandwidth resources at their disposal and ensure a flawless and high quality VoIP for its use. With the necessary equipment in the LAN, the network administrator with the required knowledge in QoS design and implementation can configure the various routers and switches to give priority to voice in the LAN. This thesis focuses on the implementation of Quality of Service(QoS) in a LAN that extends over an IP/MPLS network. QoS was configured on all the switches in a particular network in order for priority to be given to the Voice packets going through this network. The aim is to show that although QoS is not so important in a LAN within a Region, it becomes important when that LAN extends to other Regions over an IP/MPLS network.