Results (ARS)
Without TPS or ARS, the delay of two voice calls from the NOC
were both 1.4 +/- 0.3 seconds at high load, far less than an
generally accepted maximum of 500 ms.
In order to improve utilization of the network, an MPLS overlay
was introduced to allow traffic travelling to Ship 4 to take
different routes depending on the application type and priority.
In this case high priority voice traffic was to travel via Ship 3 while
all other traffic will travel over the default route via Ship 1.
With the combination of TPS and ARS, the impact on the delay of
voice packets is significant.
The high-priority voice call which is taking the alternate lightly
loaded route via Ship 3 has a delay of 0.19 +/- 0.03 seconds while the
lower priority voice call which uses the default route has a delay of
0.43 +/- 0.10 seconds.