Microsoft QoS Components

• WinSock 2 Generic QoS API

  • Allows applications to request the QoS they need, regardless of the underlying mechanisms (RSVP, IP Priority, ...)

• QoS Signaling - End System to Network

  • Explicit - RSVP with Policy Objects (e.g. user id)
    • integrated with IPSEC
  • Implicit - IP Diff Serv /IEEE 802.1p

• Traffic Control API w/Kernel Stack Support

  • Kernel based queueing of traffic flows
  • IP, IEEE 802.1P precedence/priority

• Admission Control Service

  • QoS Directory Console for Network Admins
  • In network policy enforcement
  • Also adds L2 shared media management

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