Reserving Uplink Bandwidth
You can reserve and prioritize uplink bandwidth traffic to provide higher QoS Quality of Service. It refers to the capability of a network to provide better service and performance to a specific network traffic over various technologies. for specific applications, traffic, or ports. This is done by applying bandwidth reservation on existing session ACLs Access Control List. ACL is a common way of restricting certain types of traffic on a physical port.. Typically, the bandwidth reservation is applied for uplink voice traffic.
Note the following before you configure bandwidth reservation:
You must know the total bandwidth available.
Bandwidth reservation is applicable only on session ACLs Access Control List. ACL is a common way of restricting certain types of traffic on a physical port..
Bandwidth reservation on voice traffic ACLs Access Control List. ACL is a common way of restricting certain types of traffic on a physical port. receives higher priority over other reserved traffic.
You can configure up to three unique priority for bandwidth reservation.
The bandwidth reservation must be specified in absolute value (Kbps Kilobits per second.).
Priorities for bandwidth reservation are optional, and bandwidth reservations without priorities are treated equal.
Understanding Bandwidth Reservation for Uplink Voice Traffic
Voice ACLs Access Control List. ACL is a common way of restricting certain types of traffic on a physical port. are applicable on the voice signaling traffic used to establish a voice call through a firewall Firewall is a network security system used for preventing unauthorized access to or from a private network.. When a voice ACL Access Control List. ACL is a common way of restricting certain types of traffic on a physical port. is executed, a dynamic session is introduced to allow voice traffic through the firewall Firewall is a network security system used for preventing unauthorized access to or from a private network.. This prevents the re-use of voice ACLs Access Control List. ACL is a common way of restricting certain types of traffic on a physical port. for bandwidth reservation. However, you can create bandwidth reservation rules that can be applied on voice signaling traffic and ports used for voice data traffic. This mechanism filters traffic as per the security requirements.
Configuring Bandwidth Reservation
You can configure bandwidth reservation ACLs Access Control List. ACL is a common way of restricting certain types of traffic on a physical port. using the WebUI or the CLI Command-Line Interface. A console interface with a command line shell that allows users to execute text input as commands and convert these commands to appropriate functions..
The following procedure describes how to configure bandwidth reservation:
1. In the node hierarchy, navigate to the tab.
2. Click and select .
3. Click accordion. You can create a new AP system profile to configure bandwidth reservation or edit an existing AP system profile. In , and fields, specify bandwidth reservation values.
4. Click .
5. Click .
6. In the window, select the check box and click .
The following CLI Command-Line Interface. A console interface with a command line shell that allows users to execute text input as commands and convert these commands to appropriate functions. commands configure bandwidth reservation
(host) [mynode] (config)#ap system-profile remotebw
(host) [mynode] (AP system profile "remotebw") #rap-bw-total 1024
(host) [mynode] (AP system profile "remotebw") #rap-bw-resv-1 acl voice 128 priority 1
To view bandwidth reservations:
(host) [mynode] #show datapath rap-bw-resv ap-name remote-ap-1
