Re: IP QoS issues

[Masataka Ohta <mohta at necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>]

Karl;

> Of course, we still have a very long way to go before we achieve QoS
> across broad areas of the Internet.

Not so much. Techniques developped for ATM can be reused.

> Aggregation techniques, such as
> diff-serve, are needed to keep router state within reasonable bounds.  And
> we need to get policy controls in place so that we can prevent everyone
> from simply asking for, and receiving, preferential QoS values. 

Those are the misunderstandings which is acting as the major
obstacles on the short way.

> And instability of routes is going to make it difficult to maintain QoS
> once a path is established. 

A solved problem.

							Masataka Ohta