Networking Quality of Service and Windows Operating Systems [Hardcover]

Yoram Bernet (Author)

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Publication Date: November 14, 2000 | Series: Technology (New Riders)

Windows Operating Systems and Quality of Service Networking provides an overview of Quality of Service technologies, and how they can be implemented in a Windows based system. Author Yoram Bernet is a leading authority on Quality of Service, having been one of the main architects of many QoS technologies in the IETF and a Program Manager for QoS at Microsoft. With the rapid increase in network traffic, network professionals have been scrambling to add capacity to their networks. But new applications, such as multimedia, keep driving up the demand for network services, and network traffic continues to increase. Quality of service technologies improve this situation by making efficient use of network capacity and giving you, the network professional control over how network capacity is allocated to various applications and users.This book explains the myriad QoS technologies that play a role in a QoS enabled network, with a focus on how to implement these technologies within Windows.

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Windows Operating Systems and Quality of Service Networking provides an overview of Quality of Service technologies, and how they can be implemented in a Windows based system. Author Yoram Bernet is a leading authority on Quality of Service, having been one of the main architects of many QoS technologies in the IETF and a Program Manager for QoS at Microsoft. With the rapid increase in network traffic, network professionals have been scrambling to add capacity to their networks. But new applications, such as multimedia, keep driving up the demand for network services, and network traffic continues to increase. Quality of service technologies improve this situation by making efficient use of network capacity and giving you, the network professional control over how network capacity is allocated to various applications and users. This book explains the myriad QoS technologies that play a role in a QoS enabled network, with a focus on how to implement these technologies within Windows.

About the Author

Yoram Bernet has led Microsoft in the formation of its QoS vision for the last four years, and has also played a leadership role in the Internet Engineering Task Force's QoS efforts. Currently an architect in Microsoft's Windows Networking Group, Yoram previously managed the Network QoS Development Group for Windows 2000. He has been an active participant and has authored several drafts in a number of IETF QoS-related working groups.

Before his involvement with QoS specifically, Yoram designed the network infrastructure for the Microsoft Interactive TV program. Prior to his move to Microsoft, he worked at Memorex/Telex briefly, and at AT&T and Bell Labs for nine years. At AT&T, Yoram developed graphics hardware and, later, communications software.

Yoram has a degree in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 705 pages
• Publisher: Sams (November 14, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578702062
• ISBN-13: 978-1578702060
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.7 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,204,375 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for QOS on Windows, April 18, 2002

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vkelley (Woodinville, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Networking Quality of Service and Windows Operating Systems (Hardcover)

This book skips the jargon and spells everything out -- Yet has key details for intermediate or advanced readers.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, June 24, 2001

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P. Rank - See all my reviews

This review is from: Networking Quality of Service and Windows Operating Systems (Hardcover)

I found this book very informative, a great resource on any IP QoS related topics, including very thorough explanations of how different protocols and parts of thereof came about. It is remarkably comprehensive and free of little typos and inconsistencies that seemingly became a "rule" of technical writing.

I highly recommend it for anybody who is working on IP networking problems.

5.0 out of 5 stars Network QoS and Windos OS -, February 4, 2001

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"vponcini" (Renton, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Networking Quality of Service and Windows Operating Systems (Hardcover)

The book - Networking Quality of Service and Windows Operating Systems provides an in-depth introduction to Quality of Service followed by a set of theoretical applications of QoS mechanisms to network engineering scenarios.

The beginning of the book contains the requisite presentation of QoS queuing mechanisms, and IETF work in both the Integrated and Differentiated Services areas. There is also a good discussion on the issues surrounding policy management in QoS enabled networks.

However this books' primary value (and worth its price alone,) are

1) it's discussion of the Quality of Service implementation on the Microsoft Windows 2000 platform. It is essential for anyone developing and hosting QoS enabled applications on the Windows platform. It provides in-depth discussion of the Windows Generic QoS API, QoS Service provider, as well as the traffic control API, and traffic control components including a great discussion on the internal queuing for QoS enabled applications. In the final chapter, the author covers Microsoft value added services for Quality of Service with a discussion of the Access Control Server (ACS) and Subnet Bandwidth Manager(SBM).

2) the authors' intimate knowledge and vision really show with his introduction of a Quality/Efficiency Product (or Q/E product) for QoS enabled networks. This idea is outlined in chapter two, and further referenced in threads throughout the remaining chapters of the book and provides a measurement tool for determining the efficiency of the network over differing QoS mechanisms. The Q/E product - if automated - would go a long way to providing networks with dynamic tools for near real-time QoS provisioning processes inside the network. The Q/E product could provide the foundation on which policy automation and dynamic resource reconfiguration could take place. The Q/E product for a network could be adjusted when promoting applications into or demoting applications out of the QoS space in a network. The impacts of which would be known to existing network SLA's. Although this idea is in its infancy, it provides food for thought to those doing future network research and development in the area of QoS tools and automation.

I highly recommend this book to Networking Engineers, Application and Network Developers, as well as Network Performance and Management planners.