QoS Overview
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POLICING
Dropping or marking packets in order to make traffic stay below a configured 
bandwidth. Thus defined, a traffic policing do not remove traffic burst, but controls 
the size of the peak.
S
HAPING
The process of delaying packets before they go out, to make the traffic confirm to 
a configured maximum rate. The main intention of shaping the traffic is to define 
the traffic to flow within an envelop.
S
CHEDULING
The process of identifying which packet is to be selected for further action.
Q
UEUING
An algorithm that manage the queue of an interface/sub-interface. Queue 
algorithm could be a passive (drop tail, drop-head, etc.) or active (RED, WRED 
etc.)
D
IFF-SERV
Diff-serv is a class-based mechanism for specifying and controlling network traffic. 
It differentiates IP traffic so that the traffic's relative priority could be determined on 
a per-hop basis. It helps certain types of traffic (like voice) get precedence over 
others.
D
IFFERENTIATED SERVICES FIELD (DS FIELD)
Defines the packets class (or type) in a Diff-serve domain. The classical TOS field 
in the IP header is renamed as DS field. Six bits of the DS field are used as a code 
point (DSCP) to select the Per-Hop Behavior (PHB) a packet experiences at each 
node.
PHB (P
ER HOP BEHAVIOR)
In a diff-serv approach of providing QoS for IP flow, each packet is treated in a 
specific manner in each node. This treatment of packet at each hop is defined as 
Per Hop Behavior.
A
SSURED FORWARDING (AF)
Is a type of Per-Hop Behavior (PHB) group that provides delivery of IP packets in 
four independently forwarded AF classes. Within each AF class, an IP packet can 
be assigned one of three different levels of drop precedence.
E
XPEDITED FORWARDING (EF)
The intent of the EF Per-Hop Behavior (PHB) is to provide a building block for low 
loss, low delay and low jitter services.