This section describes the QoS features you configure for the PPP link using a multilink interface. Most of these QoS features are the same as those that you configure for a Frame Relay 64-K link. Therefore, instead of repeating conceptual information, these steps refer to the related Frame Relay sections that cover configuration steps for common features.
Note This configuration process provides two alternative ways of configuring strict priority queueing for VoIP traffic. In this set of steps, both methods are presented as Step 2. The first Step 2 shows how to configure strict priority using IP RTP Priority. The second (alternative) Step 2 shows how to configure strict priority queueing using strict priority within CBWFQ.
Step 1: Configure CRTP for the PPP Link
To enable RTP header compression, perform the following task in interface configuration mode (you need to enable compression on both ends of the connection).:
For background information on CRTP, see the “Step 1: Configure CRTP for a 64-K Frame Relay Link” section. Also, see Chapter 2, “About QoS Features for Voice.”
Command Purpose
ip rtp header-compression iphc-format Enables RTP header compression for VoIP packets.
Step 2: Configure WFQ and Enable the Strict Priority Queue for VoIP Packets on the PPP Link
When WFQ is enabled, it creates a strict priority queue that exists potentially for use by delay-sensitive traffic such as voice traffic. However, the strict priority queue cannot be used until it is enabled through configuration of the ip rtp priority command. This section gives the command syntax for the
fair-queue and ip rtp priority commands that you use to enable WFQ and its strict priority queue.
To enable WFQ for the PPP interface shown in Example 3-1, set the congestion threshold after which messages for high-bandwidth conversations are dropped, and specify the number of dynamic and reservable queues, perform the following task in interface configuration mode after specifying the interface:
To reserve a strict priority queue for a set of RTP voice packet flows belonging to a range of UDP destination ports, use the following command in interface configuration mode:
For background information on WFQ and the strict priority feature, see the “Step 2: Configure WFQ and Enable the Strict Priority Queue for VoIP Packets on the PPP Link” section. Also, see Chapter 2, “About QoS Features for Voice.”
Step 2: Alternative Configuration: Configure WFQ and Enable the Strict Priority Queue within CBWFQ for a 64 K PPP Link This step provides an alternative method of giving voice traffic strict priority queueing. It describes how you can use the same feature described in the first Step 2, but within CBWFQ to apply strict priority queueing to a CBWFQ class used for voice traffic.
Command Purpose
fair-queue 64 256 0 Configures the PPP interface to use weighted fair
queueing with a congestive discard threshold of 64, 256 dynamic queues, and no reservable queues.
Command Purpose
ip rtp priority 16384 16383 48 Reserves a strict priority queue for the VoIP packet flow using destination ports in the range of 16384 and 16383. VoIP flows for the example PPP link whose UDP destination ports are within the range of 16384 and 16383 are granted strict priority with a bandwidth guarantee of 48 kbps. The example configuration is designed to service 4 voice calls at the cost of 12 K per call. For your configuration, assume that each call consumes 12 K and set the bandwidth parameter to the result of the following equation:
bandwidth = 12K x number-of-calls
The IP RTP Priority feature does not require that you know the port of a voice call. Rather, the feature gives you the ability to identify a range of ports whose traffic is put into the priority queue. Moreover, you can specify the entire voice port range—16384 to 32767—to ensure that all voice traffic is given strict priority service.
Priority queueing within CBWFQ enables use of the strict priority queue implicit to WFQ. Although it is possible to enqueue various types of real-time traffic to the strict priority queue, it is strongly recommended that you direct only voice traffic to it. This recommendation is made because voice traffic is well-behaved, whereas other types of real-time traffic are not. Moreover, voice traffic requires that delay be nonvariable in order to avoid jitter. Real-time traffic such as video could introduce variation in delay thereby thwarting the steadiness of delay required for successful voice traffic transmission. For complete information the Priority Queueing within CBWFQ feature, see Chapter 2, “QoS Features for Voice over IP.”
This section gives the command syntax for the fair-queue and ip rtp priority commands that you use to enable WFQ and its strict priority queue.
To enable weighted fair queueing for the PPP interface shown in Example 3-1, set the congestion threshold after which messages for high-bandwidth conversations are dropped, and specify the number of dynamic and reservable queues, perform the following task in interface configuration mode after specifying the interface:
To create a class for voice called “class voice” and configure that class as a strict priority class with a bandwidth allocation of 50 kbps, use the following commands beginning in interface configuration mode:
Step 3: Configure Link Fragmentation and Interleaving for a 64-K PPP Link
Because voice packets are small in size and can be detained between large data packets sent out the same interface, you should use LFI on slow-speed PPP links. (When you enable LFI, large data packets are fragmented and the small voice packets are interleaved between the data fragments.)
Command Purpose
fair-queue 64 256 0 Configures the PPP interface to use weighted fair
queueing with a congestive discard threshold of 64, 256 dynamic queues, and no reservable queues.
Command Purpose
class-map voice Creates a class and names it voice.
match access-group 102 Specifies that all traffic belonging to the
numbered access group 102 will belong to the voice class.
policy-map voiceplus Creates a policy map called voice to be applied to
the interface.
class voice Adds the class called voice to the policy map
voiceplus.
priority 50 Enables the strict priority queue for the class
called voice and sets the bandwidth for the voice traffic to 50 kbps.
To configure LFI on a 64-K PPP link, use the following commands:
Note At higher link rates, the bandwidth savings of CRTP may be outweighed by additional CPU load. For slow-speed links, CPU utilization is generally not very high. However, you can monitor CPU utilization to ensure that it is not above 75% when CRTP is configured.