[c-nsp] Use cases for IntServ in MPLS backbones

Mark Tinka mark.tinka at seacom.mu
Mon Oct 1 07:04:23 EDT 2018



On 1/Oct/18 12:16, adamv0025 at netconsultings.com wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Another pooling question from me, 
> This time I'm interested on what are your thoughts on DiffServ vs IntServ in
> MPLS backbones and what use cases for IntServ can you think of please.
> So what I have in mind specifically is RSVP-TE in combination with DiffServ
> (standard QoS) vs IntServ  (in all its glory i.e. BW pools and sub-pools,
> allocation models RDM/MAM, etc..). 

For those that aren't on j-nsp:

So we don't do any label signaling via RSVP-TE at all.

We use DSCP, but really only for on-net traffic.

Off-net traffic (like the Internet) is really treated as best-effort.
You can't prioritize what you can't control.

Mark.


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