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Chapter 7Performance optimisation for the support of TCIS pIn general, the UGS and also the CPG (for small networks) are quite efficient and bestsuited for the delivery of VoIP streams. For Internet traffic, it was found that the CPG,PG and EPRA mechanisms, combined with the use of the splitting tree algorithm, aremore appropriate for the transmission of Internet and bursty traffic.With all of the enhanced-reservation-request mechanisms, it has been demonstrated thatthe number of VoIP streams and Internet connections can be significantly extended,using only the reservation access mode of the DVB/DAVIC communications protocol.This access scheme is the basic mode for the first version of EuroModems [36]).A drawback of using the reservation access mode for the provision of delay sensitiveapplications is that bandwidth cannot be guaranteed. This disadvantage is because alltraffic transmitted using this mode is treated with a ‘best-effort’ service and in somesituations, the delivery of TCIS requires a special treatment for an improved service.Therefore, in order to provide guaranteed bandwidth for TCIS, the use of QoS is crucialand is addressed in the following section.7.3 Quality of Service (QoS)This section outlines some issues related to QoS and how a cable network compliant tothe DVD/DAVIC protocol specification can make use of QoS characteristics for theprovision of guaranteed bandwidth. Here a comprehensive performance analysis forQoS is presented for the support of TCIS.In the simplest sense according to [82], QoS is the ability of a network element (e.g. anapplication, host or router) to have some level of assurance that service requirementscan be satisfied, providing a consistent predictable data delivery service.The Internet Protocol provides what is called a ‘best-effort’ service, making noguarantees about when data will arrive, or how much traffic can be delivered. Timingcritical interactive applications, including voice, audio and video streaming, demandhigh data throughput with low-latency in two-way communications.7-13

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