Quality Of Service In A Wireless Environment

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Configuring QoS in a Wireless Environment

Understanding QoS for Wireless LANs

QoS for Wireless LANs Versus QoS on Wired LANs

Impact of QoS on a Wireless LAN

Precedence of QoS Settings

Using Wi-Fi Multimedia Mode

Configuring QoS

Layer2 QoS (RBCP and Voice)

TPID-Tag Protocol Identifier

Priority

CFI-Canonical Format Indicator

VID-VLAN Identifier

Layer3 QoS (IP DSCP)

Radio Access Category Definitions

CW-min and CW-max Settings for Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint Bridge Links

QoS Configuration Examples

QoS Example Configuration for VLAN

QoS Example of IP DSCP and IP Precedence

Additional Information

Configuring QoS in a Wireless Environment This chapter describes how to configure quality of service (QoS) on your Cisco wireless interface. With this feature, you can provide preferential treatment to certain traffic at the expense of other traffic. Without QoS, the device offers best-effort service to each packet, regardless of the packet contents or size. It sends the packets without any assurance of reliability, delay bounds, or throughput. This chapter consists of these sections: •