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Flow Grouping For Reducing Reservation Requirements for Guaranteed Delay Service
draft-rampal-flow-delay-service-01

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
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Authors Dr. Roch Guerin , Dr. Sanjeev Rampal
Last updated 1997-07-17
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Abstract

The purpose of this document is to illustrate when and how flow aggregation can be of benefit in the context of the Guaranteed Service. Specifically, it identifies simple cases and provides generic rules for when grouping of flows allows a reduction in the amount of resources (bandwidth) needed to ensure the deterministic Guaranteed Service delay bounds of all flows. The benefits of grouping should be especially of interest to, say, Internet Service Providers, wishing to interconnect sites with Guaranteed Service flows. In particular, this document shows that in the case of flows with identical traffic characteristics and requirements, e.g., Internet voice, grouping of flows is ALWAYS beneficial. This technique is not intended for IETF standardization and is being submitted for informational purposes only.

Authors

Dr. Roch Guerin
Dr. Sanjeev Rampal

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