PROPOSED JOINT ACTIVITY ON A GENERIC PROTOCOL MECHANISM FOR E ND-TO-END QOS SERVICE CONTROL

Roy, Radhika R, ALCTA rrroy at ATT.COM
Fri Jun 1 11:18:42 EDT 2001


Hi, Bob and Gary:

Bob is right that there are many problems: Firewalls, NATs, RTP signaling to
UDP to IP, etc.

However, RSVP, DiffServ, and MPLS schemes are there that are being used in
the network layer.

So, the application layer is not supposed to do anything NEW other than to
establish a relationship between the existing network layer QOS so that the
consistency remains on end-to-end basis.

(Bob is right that the problems of addressing the public Internet QOS are
not so easy - may be "best-effort" is the easy way to do something!!)

Best regards,
Radhika

-----Original Message-----
From: Callaghan, Robert [mailto:Robert.Callaghan at ICN.SIEMENS.COM]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 10:57 AM
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Subject: Re: PROPOSED JOINT ACTIVITY ON A GENERIC PROTOCOL MECHANISM FOR
E ND-TO-END QOS SERVICE CONTROL


Gary,

In the direct call routed model, Gatekeepers only register and authorize
endpoints can calls.  The call control messages do not involve the
gatekeepers and therefore cannot control the gatekeeper handling of the
call.  Even in a gatekeeper routed model, there is no need for more than two
gatekeepers (originating and terminating).  There can be a lot of space and
networks between the two.  Firewalls tend to be used to isolate an
enterprise network from a public network.  The public network involves many
providers and network segments without any firewalls.

The application layer signaling data stream may be able to control its QOS.
In that the RTP streaming data transport is separately routed from the
application data stream.  And it is not possible for one stream to control
another stream without a fundamental change to the Internet fabric.  I doubt
that this will happen.  If it does happen, it will not be fully implements
for a very long time.  (One of the IETF people proposed that this is not an
engineering problem but the basis for a research project.)

Bob

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-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Thom [mailto:gthom at delta-info.com]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 10:24 AM
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Subject: Re: PROPOSED JOINT ACTIVITY ON A GENERIC PROTOCOL MECHANISM FOR E
ND-TO-END QOS SERVICE CONTROL

The application layer QOS should be an indication of the abstract quality
and priority requirements or capabilities. This should really be called
"Application Level Service Class" because it affects more than just the
transpost level QOS mechanisms. It also affects Gatekeeper and Gateway
behaviour.

This should be independent of the transport layer mechanisms.

The mapping of service class to transport level QOS and Gatekeeper and
Gateway behavior is an implementation issue or is subject to service level
agreements.

Gary

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[mailto:ITU-SG16 at MAILBAG.INTEL.COM]On Behalf Of Roy, Radhika R, ALCTA
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 9:44 AM
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Subject: Re: PROPOSED JOINT ACTIVITY ON A GENERIC PROTOCOL MECHANISM FOR
E ND-TO-END QOS SERVICE CONTROL


Hi, Bob:

You are right that the application layer does not control the lower layers
(e.g., RTP, UDP, IP).

So, there is a requirement how the lower layers can be coupled for
implementation in cooperation with the higher layer. The fact of the matter
is that the lower layers are responsible for sending the media streams
between the source and destination path.

This is the area for implementations and we have to see how far the SG16 is
going to dig to address this problem because our works will be limited
mostly in the upper application layer.

AT&T contributions in the SG16 Brazil (May-June'01) meeting provide a
framework how to address this problem.

Any contributions along this line will be highly appreciated.

Best regards,
Radhika R. Roy
AT&T

-----Original Message-----
From: Callaghan, Robert [mailto:Robert.Callaghan at icn.siemens.com]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 9:24 AM
To: Roy, Radhika R, ALCTA; ITU-SG16 at mailbag.cps.INTEL.COM
Subject: RE: PROPOSED JOINT ACTIVITY ON A GENERIC PROTOCOL MECHANISM FOR
E ND-TO-END QOS SERVICE CONTROL


Please note that the network layer QOS (e.g., RSVP, DiffServe, and/or MPLS)
may or may not have the end-to-end significance. For example, an IP network
may implement different QOS schemes in different domains (e.g., RVSP in one
domain, DiffServ in another domain).

However, the application layer QOS is end-to-end that remains the same. For
example, an H.323 or SIP call that can traverse several IP domains where
each domain may implement its own network layer QOS schemes while the
H.323/SIP call carry the signaling messages and QOS parameters end-to-end
independent of the underlying network layer QOS mechanisms.

Yes, the application layer is end-to-end.  But does it traverse the exact
same route as RTP transport layer?  I don't think so, in that this is not
IP.  IP routes each packet individually with the right to change routes
independently for each stream, and each packet in a stream.  This is the
basis for load balancing, overload control, and link failure survivability.

With this in mind, the application layer can negotiate an end-to-end QOS
with the ends.  It cannot control the intermediate routing nodes.  A method
is needed to accomplish the end-to-end QOS control via the RTP IP stream.

Bob

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Siemens Enterprise Networks
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