QoSIP: A QoS Aware IP Routing Ptotocol for Multimedia Data

Abstract

Conventional IP routing protocols are not suitable for multimedia applications which have very stringent Quality-of-Service (QoS) demands and they require a connection oriented service. For multimedia applications it is expected that the router should be able to forward the packet according to the demand of the packet and it is necessary to find a path that satisfies the specific demands of a particular application. In order to address these issues, in this paper, we have presented a QoS aware IP routing protocol where a router stores information about the QoS parameters and routes the packet accordingly. Keywords: IP Routing Protocol, Quality of Service (QoS) parameter, QoSIP, Selective Flooding.