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Challenge 5: TDM over Pseudo-Wires
PW may carry non-TCP data flows e.g. TDM traffic => not responsive to congestion control in a TCP-friendly manner as prescribed by [RFC2914]
Not possible to simply reduce the flow rate of a TDM PW when facing packet loss
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S1 --- E1 --- . .
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. === E5 === E7 ---
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S2 --- E2 --- . . |
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. ----- R --->
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S3 --- E3 --- . . |
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. === E6 === E8 ---
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S4 --- E4 --- . .
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\---- P1 ---/ \---------- P2 -----
S1, S2, S3, S4 sources
of TDM over IP traffic
E1, E2, E3, E4 routers rate limiting traffic
No effect from feedback on Sx or Ex
BE traffic
BE traffic
PPT Version