在Internet上利用重叠网技术为实时业务提供QoS(英文)

RSON: Offering QoS-Sensitive Service for Real-Time Applications on Internet by Overlay Technology

提出并描述了一个实时业务重叠网系统(RSON).它由一组业务结点构成,这些结点分布在Internet上,并由业务链路连接起来,从而在现有的IP网络上形成一个虚拟的传输重叠网.RSON的最大特点在于,它不需要对现有的网络层协议做任何修改.为了能够为每条业务流提供所需的服务质量保证,RSON中每个业务结点都参与一个分布式重叠网业务路由协议(OSRP)以协同工作,它包括业务链路状态的测量、链路状态信息的分发、业务路径的选择和建立,以及相应的数据包交换模块.作为覆盖在现有底层网络上的虚拟传输网,RSON使得业务提供第三方能够在Internet公网上提供自己的增值业务,因此以IP语音通信为例说明如何利用RSON在Internet上提供增强的网络服务,并指出它的优点所在.

A real-time service overlay network (RSON) is presented in this paper. It can offer QoS (quality-of-service)-sensitive transport service on Internet to facilitate the newly emerged real-time multimedia applications. The RSON system consists of a collection of service nodes, deployed at various locations on Internet. These services nodes are connected together by service links, which corresponding to underlying IP paths, form an virtual transport network on top of existing network infrastructure. The most important feature of RSON is that, it requires no changes at the network layer and its business practice. To ensure the desired performance of every overlay service flows, the distributed service nodes in RSON all participate in an overlay service routing protocol (OSRP). The OSRP includes measurement of service links; link-states dissemination; path selection and setup; and an associated data forwarding module. As a virtual transport network over the underlying data networks, the RSON empowers the third party providers to offer value-added service on Internet to its customers. Using VoIP application as an example, we illustrate how to provide enhanced network service on Internet and identify the tangible benefits it generates.