VoIP Performance Evaluation and Capacity Estimation Using different QoS Mechanisms

Abstract

Data networks and new mobile networks (4G and 5G) deploy packet switching in their core networks. Due to this architecture VoIP protocols has a wide deployment in these environments. VoIP capacity and quality must be considered during VoIP protocols implementations. The aim of QoS mechanisms is to satisfy voice traffic requirements; this is deployed by using many tools like congestion management utilities, congestion avoidance utilities, and link fragmentation tools. Each tool has an impact on voice performance. Queuing is very important mechanisms in the traffic management system. Certain routers in data networks must deploy some QoS tools that control how different packets are temporally buffered until transmission on the interface. This paper studies the effect of different QoS tools on VoIP application performance and capacity via OPNET simulation. Also, the maximum VoIP capacity which gives accepted quality will be investigated.