Radio Qos Configuration And Deployment Considerations - Motorola AP-6511 Reference Manual

static WMM access control value. When enabled on a WLAN, traffic forwarded from to a client is prioritized
and forwarded based on the WLAN's WMM access control setting.
NOTE: Statically setting a WLAN WMM access category value only prioritizes traffic to
the client.
Wireless network administrators can also assign weights to each WLAN in relation to user priority levels.
The lower the weight, the lower the priority. Use a weighted round robin technique to achieve different QoS
levels across WLANs.
Optionally rate-limit bandwidth for WLAN sessions. This form of per-user rate limiting enables
administrators to define uplink and downlink bandwidth limits for users and clients. This sets the level of
traffic a user or client can forward and receive over the WLAN. If the user or client exceeds the limit,
excessive traffic is dropped.
Rate limits can be applied externally from a RADIUS server using Vendor Specific Attributes (VSAs). Rate
limits can be applied to users authenticating using 802.1X, hotspot authentication and devices using MAC
authentication.

6.3.1 Radio QoS Configuration and Deployment Considerations

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Radio QoS Policy
Before defining a radio QoS policy, refer to the following deployment guidelines to ensure the configuration
is optimally effective:
• To support QoS, each multimedia application, wireless client and WLAN is required to support WMM.
• WMM enabled clients can co-exist with non-WMM clients on the same WLAN. Non-WMM clients are
always assigned a Best Effort access category.
• Motorola Solutions recommends default WMM values be used for all deployments. Changing these
values can lead to unexpected traffic blockages, and the blockages might be difficult to diagnose.
• Overloading an access point radio with too much high priority traffic (especially voice) degrades the
overall service quality for all users.
• TSPEC admission control is only available with newer voice over WLAN phones. Many legacy voice
devices do not support TPSEC or even support WMM traffic prioritization.
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