H3C Technologies H3C S10500 Series Switches - Manual (Page 23)

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DiffServ model
The differentiated service (DiffServ) model is a multiple-service model that can satisfy diverse QoS
requirements. It is easy to implement and extend. DiffServ does not signal the network to reserve
resources before sending data, as IntServ does.
All QoS techniques in this document are based on the DiffServ model.
QoS techniques overview
The QoS techniques include traffic classification, traffic policing, traffic shaping, line rate, congestion
management, and congestion avoidance. The following section briefly introduces these QoS techniques.
Applying QoS techniques in a network
Figure 3 Position of the QoS techniques in a network
As shown in Figure 3 , traffic classification, traffic shaping, traffic policing, congestion management, and
congestion avoidance mainly implement the following functions:
• Traffic classification uses certain match criteria to assign packets with the same characteristics to a
class. Based on classes, you can provide differentiated services.
• Traffic policing polices flows entering or leaving a device, and imposes penalties on traffic flows
that exceed the pre-set threshold to prevent aggressive use of network resources. You can apply
traffic policing to both incoming and outgoing traffic of a port.
• Traffic shaping proactively adapts the output rate of traffic to the network resources available on the
downstream device to eliminate packet drops. Traffic shaping usually applies to the outgoing traffic
of a port.
• Congestion management provides a resource scheduling policy to determine the packet forwarding
sequence when congestion occurs. Congestion management usually applies to the outgoing traffic
of a port.
• Congestion avoidance monitors the network resource usage, and is usually applied to the outgoing
traffic of a port. When congestion worsens, congestion avoidance reduces the queue length by
dropping packets.