Router Design Considerations

Router Design Considerations

Depending on the interface type, bandwidth, and encapsulation, AutoQoS may enable different features on the router interfaces:

  • Low-Latency Queuing (LLC):

    - Reserves a priority queue for VoIP (RTP) traffic, providing a guaranteed but policed bandwidth.

    - Other queues serve other traffic with specific bandwidth guarantees, but defer to the priority queue.

  • Compressed RTP (cRTP):

    - Reduces the IP/UDP/RTP header from 40 bytes down to 2 bytes (without CRC) or 4 bytes (with CRC)

    - Used on low-speed serial interfaces

    - Improves link efficiency

    - Must be applied at both ends of the link

  • Link Fragmentation and Interleaving (LFI):

    - Fragments large data packets on slow interfaces

    - Reduces jitter; voice packets will not be delayed by large data packets in the queue

    - Must be applied on both ends of the link