Implementation Introduction New multimedia applications need real-time performance guarantees such as bounded delay and minimum throughput. The current Internet does not support these QoS parameters and it is a real challenge to integrate them in the existing architecture. The DiffServ WG is working on providing a simple schema to support various types of applications by differentiating classes of service for Internet traffic. The differentiated services architecture proposes the use of a well-defined set of building blocks from which a variety of services may be built.
Many discussions happens on the group's mailing list.
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