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QOS ATM QoS Feature
iMG/RG Software Reference Manual (Quality of Service)
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FIGURE 7-6 The ADSL Driver
7.1.4.2 How ATM packet prioritization works
The ADSL device driver is responsible for transmit scheduling when packets of different priorities are sent on
the same channel.
Note: ADSL driver prioritization support provides a pure prioritization approach, useful for providing Expedited
Forwarding for voice packets, as opposed to the Scheduler/Algorithmic Dropper that can provide fair
sharing of bandwidth for Assured Forwarding.
The driver discovers the priority of the packet by examining the traffic class field of the buffer that was written
by the Classifier.
If a local application, such as the VoIP, originates packets, the IP stack will set the priority of the packet as appro-
priate. The data stream from the Classifier can also be policed using the Meter to control the data rate for each
stream defined by the Classifier. If the data rate of a stream exceeds the rate set in the Meter profile being used
to police the data stream, then the Meter will drop packets from that stream.
Therefore, using the Classifier and the Meter can help to lessen the impact of forwarding incoming packets
from a high-speed interface such as Ethernet to a low-speed interface such as DSL.
But, without prioritization support in the device driver used for transmitting outgoing packets, the following
problems would also occur when packets are forwarded from a high speed interface to a low speed interface:
high priority packets would suffer latency because they are queued behind a number of low priority packets
awaiting transmission
Bridge/Router Software
Meter
Classifier
ATM driver
with packet
prioritization
support
HP
Queue
LP
Queue
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