SmartNode DownStreamQoS DownStreamQoS

New: Now also for VoIP Phones on the LAN

Overview

Wh Where is the Problem i th P bl Solution How does it Work FAQ Q

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Where is the Problem

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Internet best effort Fact: The Internet only offers a best-effort service There is no differentiation between time critical IP packets such as VoIP and other traffic such as downloads, e-mail etc. A overload situation leads to a d An l d it ti l d t degradation in voice quality while data d ti i i lit hil d t traffic is simply retransmitted and the user just experiences a slow-down
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Problem

Fact: The network bottleneck is in most cases the subscriber access line e.g. ADSL, xDSL, Cable etc with typically 100kb/s to 2Mb/s Both LANs (10/100 Ethernet) and Backbone Networks (Fibre, SDH or ATM) are much Faster In case of congestion packets are discarded at the Edge router of the Internet access provider

Access Link Internet

Web Server VoIP

CPE

Edge Router

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Solution
SmartNode DownStreamQoS introduces a dynamic virtual bottleneck at the customer premises Data traffic is slowed down to free bandwdith for VoIP packets Non-realtime traffic is dropped before it starts to block the voice traffic in the edge router DownStreamQoS is dynamic and automatically adjusts to the number of open calls and the selected voice Codec.

Virtual Bottleneck Web Server S Internet VoIP Edge Router

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New: Routed DownStreamQoS

DownStreamQoS now also recognizes VoIP traffic for SIP Phones and VoIP Softclients It is protocol independent and works even with Proprietary VoIP phones and protocols! It ensure high quality voice for hybrid PBX VoIP Home office solutions It ensure high quality voice for software based iPBX systems on the WAN

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How Does it Work

Most Data traffic (~80%) is sent using the TCP protocol. TCP continuously increases the used bandwidth (slow-start) until the maximum throughput is reached and packets are dropped (not acknowledged by remote end) A separate queue for TCP makes it possible to delay and if required p q p y q discard traffic before the access link is full The traffic management (scheduler) for this queue is adapted dynamically based on the bandwidth required for voice calls

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FAQ
Does it guarantee always perfect voice quality? No this is not possible. There can be situations when multiple sources start sending at the same time which will flood the access link before DownStreamQoS takes effect. Does it also work with VPN tunnels? Yes all non RTP traffic is submitted to the virtual bottleneck. The traffic within the VPN tunnel is again mainly TCP so that the mechanism still works even if the VPN protocol uses UDP UDP. Will it reduce my download bandwidth Yes but only during active calls. Will it also p prioritize Web-Radio and other streaming applications? g pp No the DownStreamQoS will only allow for the equivalent amount of downstream real-time traffic as upstream. Does it also work with IP Phones (iPBX) on the LAN? Yes DownStreamQoS now also prioritizes routed VoIP traffic

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TCP Traffic Trace

Source Trace Destination Trace

10s Timeout to max t Throughput

Max. throughput

Start of call

End of call

Voice Margin (64k, configurable)

Call Bandwidth (G.723@6.3k 30ms, ATM overhead)

Remaining Bandwidth

Line-Rate 128kb/s (downstream) TCP throughput ~15 kB/s > 120 kb/s 15

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Conclusion

The SmartNode tames the Internet. DownStreamQoS is the only way to introduce high quality VoIP Services on ANY best-effort broadband access network.

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