Quality Of Service (Qos); Chapter 17 Quality Of Service (Qos); Overview; What You Can Do In This Chapter - ZyXEL Communications P-660HN-51 User Manual

Quality of Service (QoS)

17.1 Overview

Quality of Service (QoS) refers to both a network's ability to deliver data with minimum delay, and the
networking methods used to control the use of bandwidth. Without QoS, all traffic data is equally likely
to be dropped when the network is congested. This can cause a reduction in network performance and
make the network inadequate for time-critical application such as video-on-demand.
Configure QoS on the Zyxel Device to group and prioritize application traffic and fine-tune network
performance. Setting up QoS involves these steps:
Configure classifiers to sort traffic into different flows.
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Assign priority and define actions to be performed for a classified traffic flow.
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The Zyxel Device assigns each packet a priority and then queues the packet accordingly. Packets
assigned a high priority are processed more quickly than those with low priority if there is congestion,
allowing time-sensitive applications to flow more smoothly. Time-sensitive applications include both
those that require a low level of latency (delay) and a low level of jitter (variations in delay) such as
Voice over IP (VoIP) or Internet gaming, and those for which jitter alone is a problem such as Internet
radio or streaming video.
This chapter contains information about configuring QoS and editing classifiers.

17.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

• The General screen lets you enable or disable QoS and set the upstream bandwidth
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• The Queue Setup screen lets you configure QoS queue assignment
• The Class Setup screen lets you add, edit or delete QoS classifiers
• The Policer Setup screen lets you add, edit or delete QoS policers
• The Monitor screen lets you view the Zyxel Device's QoS-related packet statistics
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