Advanced QoS for Multi-Service IP/MPLS Networks
ISBN: 978-0-470-29369-0
Ram Balakrishnan

This essential guide helps you understand the features and benefits of service-aware hierarchical Quality of Service (HQoS) and how to leverage QoS in designing and implementing leading-edge IP networks. The author's vast experience provides a solid theoretical and practical overview of how QoS can be implemented to reach the business objectives defined for an IP/MPLS network.

Ram Balakrishnan, an Alcatel-Lucent Service Routing Architect, is a renowned QoS and Triple Play expert and educator. He has led service provider and enterprise initiatives globally to design and implement converged, multi-service networks. He holds patents related to intelligent routing algorithms.

"This book is much more than just Alcatel-Lucent QoS framework on the 7x50 product line as it takes the reader through a holistic QoS journey. It is useful for both the network novice and expert alike because it ties QoS concepts to the 7x50 product functionality. The knowledge acquired from this book will enable the network professional to create a solid QoS architecture/design which is mandatory to prioritize services throughout the network. The book is a reference I will return to again and again."
Brent Conrad, B.Sc.(Chem), B.Sc.(CS)
Bell Canada Technology Development

"A comprehensive book that describes QoS principles and datapath traffic management capabilities of Alcatel-Lucent Service routers. QoS is made easy with well described examples on how to design, deploy and configure services in IP/MPLS networks. A must reference for network designers or for those aspiring to become architects of modern networks."
Dr. Sudhkar Ganti
Professor
University of Victoria

"The concept of a single IP/MPLS multiservice network provides huge economical benefits for service providers in reducing CAPEX and OPEX. With multiservice networks, the ability to assure Service Level Agreements for new service oriented application traffic has become the differentiating factor among competitors. This book educates readers on the detail operation of Quality of Service through IP/MPLS networks for converged services. I highly recommend it for for network designers and test engineers."
Dean Lee
Senior Product Manager
IXIA