diff --git a/.chloggen/carbonexporter.yaml b/.chloggen/carbonexporter.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..647bcda92930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/carbonexporter.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: "breaking"
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: "carbonexporter"
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "Change Config member names"
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [29862]
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [api]
diff --git a/.chloggen/carbonexporter_enhance.yaml b/.chloggen/carbonexporter_enhance.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..362a3e9ac281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/carbonexporter_enhance.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: "enhancement"
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: "carbonexporter"
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "Add retry and queue, use standard configs"
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [29862]
diff --git a/exporter/carbonexporter/README.md b/exporter/carbonexporter/README.md
index 327a66fda990..55f7e315b4f8 100644
--- a/exporter/carbonexporter/README.md
+++ b/exporter/carbonexporter/README.md
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ The following settings are required:
 
 - `endpoint` (default = `localhost:2003`): Address and port that the
   exporter should send data to.
-- `timeout` (default = `5s`): Maximum duration allowed to connect
-  and send data to the configured `endpoint`.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -45,3 +43,10 @@ exporters:
 
 The full list of settings exposed for this receiver are documented [here](./config.go)
 with detailed sample configurations [here](./testdata/config.yaml).
+
+## Advanced Configuration
+
+Several helper files are leveraged to provide additional capabilities automatically:
+
+- [net settings](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/config/confignet/README.md)
+- [Queuing, retry and timeout settings](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/exporter/exporterhelper/README.md)
diff --git a/exporter/carbonexporter/config.go b/exporter/carbonexporter/config.go
index ead7eee80219..59b1811a20e4 100644
--- a/exporter/carbonexporter/config.go
+++ b/exporter/carbonexporter/config.go
@@ -7,26 +7,26 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
-	"time"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
 )
 
 // Defaults for not specified configuration settings.
 const (
-	DefaultEndpoint    = "localhost:2003"
-	DefaultSendTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+	defaultEndpoint = "localhost:2003"
 )
 
 // Config defines configuration for Carbon exporter.
 type Config struct {
-
-	// Endpoint specifies host and port to send metrics in the Carbon plaintext
-	// format. The default value is defined by the DefaultEndpoint constant.
-	Endpoint string `mapstructure:"endpoint"`
+	// Specifies the connection endpoint config. The default value is "localhost:2003".
+	confignet.TCPAddr `mapstructure:",squash"` // squash ensures fields are correctly decoded in embedded struct.
 
 	// Timeout is the maximum duration allowed to connecting and sending the
-	// data to the Carbon/Graphite backend.
-	// The default value is defined by the DefaultSendTimeout constant.
-	Timeout time.Duration `mapstructure:"timeout"`
+	// data to the Carbon/Graphite backend. The default value is 5s.
+	exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings `mapstructure:",squash"`     // squash ensures fields are correctly decoded in embedded struct.
+	QueueConfig                    exporterhelper.QueueSettings `mapstructure:"sending_queue"`
+	RetryConfig                    exporterhelper.RetrySettings `mapstructure:"retry_on_failure"`
 }
 
 func (cfg *Config) Validate() error {
diff --git a/exporter/carbonexporter/config_test.go b/exporter/carbonexporter/config_test.go
index 07cfaf48e42b..b85392c3a448 100644
--- a/exporter/carbonexporter/config_test.go
+++ b/exporter/carbonexporter/config_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/confmaptest"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/carbonexporter/internal/metadata"
 )
@@ -35,8 +37,25 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			id: component.NewIDWithName(metadata.Type, "allsettings"),
 			expected: &Config{
-				Endpoint: "localhost:8080",
-				Timeout:  10 * time.Second,
+				TCPAddr: confignet.TCPAddr{
+					Endpoint: "localhost:8080",
+				},
+				TimeoutSettings: exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{
+					Timeout: 10 * time.Second,
+				},
+				RetryConfig: exporterhelper.RetrySettings{
+					Enabled:             true,
+					InitialInterval:     10 * time.Second,
+					RandomizationFactor: 0.7,
+					Multiplier:          3.14,
+					MaxInterval:         1 * time.Minute,
+					MaxElapsedTime:      10 * time.Minute,
+				},
+				QueueConfig: exporterhelper.QueueSettings{
+					Enabled:      true,
+					NumConsumers: 2,
+					QueueSize:    10,
+				},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -69,14 +88,18 @@ func TestValidateConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "invalid_tcp_addr",
 			config: &Config{
-				Endpoint: "http://localhost:2003",
+				TCPAddr: confignet.TCPAddr{
+					Endpoint: "http://localhost:2003",
+				},
 			},
 			wantErr: true,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "invalid_timeout",
 			config: &Config{
-				Timeout: -5 * time.Second,
+				TimeoutSettings: exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{
+					Timeout: -5 * time.Second,
+				},
 			},
 			wantErr: true,
 		},
diff --git a/exporter/carbonexporter/exporter.go b/exporter/carbonexporter/exporter.go
index e6a8fbc62ccb..2b18fdd71461 100644
--- a/exporter/carbonexporter/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/carbonexporter/exporter.go
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ func newCarbonExporter(cfg *Config, set exporter.CreateSettings) (exporter.Metri
 		set,
 		cfg,
 		sender.pushMetricsData,
+		// We don't use exporterhelper.WithTimeout because the TCP connection does not accept writing with context.
+		exporterhelper.WithQueue(cfg.QueueConfig),
+		exporterhelper.WithRetry(cfg.RetryConfig),
 		exporterhelper.WithShutdown(sender.Shutdown))
 }
 
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ func (cs *carbonSender) Shutdown(context.Context) error {
 // https://github.com/signalfx/gateway/blob/master/protocol/carbon/conn_pool.go
 // but not its implementation).
 //
-// It keeps a unbounded "stack" of TCPConn instances always "popping" the most
+// It keeps an unbounded "stack" of TCPConn instances always "popping" the most
 // recently returned to the pool. There is no accounting to terminating old
 // unused connections as that was the case on the prior art mentioned above.
 type connPool struct {
diff --git a/exporter/carbonexporter/exporter_test.go b/exporter/carbonexporter/exporter_test.go
index a97f61cf5e32..94561932e446 100644
--- a/exporter/carbonexporter/exporter_test.go
+++ b/exporter/carbonexporter/exporter_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componenttest"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ func TestConsumeMetricsData(t *testing.T) {
 				defer ln.Close()
 			}
 
-			config := &Config{Endpoint: addr, Timeout: 1000 * time.Millisecond}
+			config := &Config{TCPAddr: confignet.TCPAddr{Endpoint: addr}, TimeoutSettings: exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{Timeout: 1000 * time.Millisecond}}
 			exp, err := newCarbonExporter(config, exportertest.NewNopCreateSettings())
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
diff --git a/exporter/carbonexporter/factory.go b/exporter/carbonexporter/factory.go
index 87d5666332e4..d4bdfed0e04e 100644
--- a/exporter/carbonexporter/factory.go
+++ b/exporter/carbonexporter/factory.go
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/carbonexporter/internal/metadata"
 )
@@ -22,8 +24,12 @@ func NewFactory() exporter.Factory {
 
 func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 	return &Config{
-		Endpoint: DefaultEndpoint,
-		Timeout:  DefaultSendTimeout,
+		TCPAddr: confignet.TCPAddr{
+			Endpoint: defaultEndpoint,
+		},
+		TimeoutSettings: exporterhelper.NewDefaultTimeoutSettings(),
+		QueueConfig:     exporterhelper.NewDefaultQueueSettings(),
+		RetryConfig:     exporterhelper.NewDefaultRetrySettings(),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/exporter/carbonexporter/go.mod b/exporter/carbonexporter/go.mod
index 621283cb2ec1..116b2249aba3 100644
--- a/exporter/carbonexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/carbonexporter/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/common v0.91.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.91.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet v0.91.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.91.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.91.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0
diff --git a/exporter/carbonexporter/go.sum b/exporter/carbonexporter/go.sum
index d741f02ad8c2..4895414681f0 100644
--- a/exporter/carbonexporter/go.sum
+++ b/exporter/carbonexporter/go.sum
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.91.0 h1:C7sGUJDJ5nwm+CkWpAaVP3lNsuYpwSRbkmLncFj
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.91.0/go.mod h1:YhQpIDZsn+bICAAqgBwXk9wqK8GKZDv+aogfG52zUuE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.91.0 h1:aBT1i2zGyfh9PalYJLfXVvQp+osHyalwyDFselI1CtA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.91.0/go.mod h1:2KBHvjNFdU7oOjsObQeC4Ta2Ef607OISU5obznW00fw=
+go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet v0.91.0 h1:3huNXh04O3wXaN4qPhmmiefyz4dYbOlNcR/OKMByqig=
+go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet v0.91.0/go.mod h1:cpO8JYWGONaViOygKVw+Hd2UoBcn2cUiyi0WWeFTwJY=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.91.0 h1:mEwvqrYfwUJ7LwYfpcF9M8z7LHFoYaKhEPhnERD/88E=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.91.0/go.mod h1:+LAXM5WFMW/UbTlAuSs6L/W72WC+q8TBJt/6z39FPOU=
 go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.91.0 h1:7U2MT+u74oEzq/WWrpXSLKB7nX5jPNC4drwtQdYfwKk=
diff --git a/exporter/carbonexporter/testdata/config.yaml b/exporter/carbonexporter/testdata/config.yaml
index 991b655ea415..b180460d5bf4 100644
--- a/exporter/carbonexporter/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/exporter/carbonexporter/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,14 @@ carbon/allsettings:
   # data to the Carbon/Graphite backend.
   # The default is 5 seconds.
   timeout: 10s
+  sending_queue:
+    enabled: true
+    num_consumers: 2
+    queue_size: 10
+  retry_on_failure:
+    enabled: true
+    initial_interval: 10s
+    randomization_factor: 0.7
+    multiplier: 3.14
+    max_interval: 60s
+    max_elapsed_time: 10m
diff --git a/testbed/datasenders/carbon.go b/testbed/datasenders/carbon.go
index d3bf33dce248..e6a67fc13a24 100644
--- a/testbed/datasenders/carbon.go
+++ b/testbed/datasenders/carbon.go
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exportertest"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
@@ -40,8 +42,12 @@ func NewCarbonDataSender(port int) *CarbonDataSender {
 func (cs *CarbonDataSender) Start() error {
 	factory := carbonexporter.NewFactory()
 	cfg := &carbonexporter.Config{
-		Endpoint: cs.GetEndpoint().String(),
-		Timeout:  5 * time.Second,
+		TCPAddr: confignet.TCPAddr{
+			Endpoint: cs.GetEndpoint().String(),
+		},
+		TimeoutSettings: exporterhelper.TimeoutSettings{
+			Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+		},
 	}
 	params := exportertest.NewNopCreateSettings()
 	params.Logger = zap.L()