Chapter 32

Introducing IPQoS (Overview)

IP Quality of Service (IPQoS) enables you to prioritize, control, and gather accounting statistics. Using IPQoS, you can provide consistent levels of service to users of your network. You can also manage traffic to avoid network congestion.

The following is a list of topics in this chapter:

• IPQoS Basics

• Providing Quality of Service With IPQoS

• Improving Network Efficiency With IPQoS

• Differentiated Services Model

• Traffic Forwarding on an IPQoS-Enabled Network