Xedia Corporation Access Point 45 Access Router Competitive Evaluation — Bandwidth Mgmt. Class-Based Queuing vs. Cisco’s Committed Access Rate
Sponsor: Xedia Corporation (Lucent)
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Document Number: 8290
Publication Date: 9/1/1998
Page Count: 6
Abstract
Xedia Corp. commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate the perormance of the Xedia Access Point 45 access router in managing bandwidth allocation and to compare its performance with the Cisco 7204 router. The tests were performed by The Tolly Group in August 1998.
The systems under test (SUTs) were connected to a frame-relay PVC that ran over a over a 45 Mbit/s HSSI connection; IP traffic streams generated by Fast Ethernet-attached stations flowed over the connection. The HSSI link between the SUTs emulated a high-speed connection, such as between an enterprise and a service provider. The configurations were used to assess the impact of bandwidth management on a frame relay permanent virtual circuit (PVC). See the Test Configuration and Methodology section for details.
Test results show that the Access Point 45 router is able to allocate bandwidth more precisely than the Cisco 7204 router, regardless of the bandwidth reservation criteria. Additionally, the Access Point 45 delivers precise bandwidth reservation with zero frame loss. The Cisco 7204 router, depending upon the test configuration, loses approximately 4% to 20% of the traffic traversing the system.