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6.8 Mesh QoS Policy
Wireless Configuration
Mesh QoS provides a data traffic prioritization scheme that reduces congestion from excessive traffic. If there is enough
bandwidth for all users and applications (unlikely because excessive bandwidth comes at a very high cost), then applying QoS
has very little value. QoS provides policy enforcement for mission-critical applications and/or users that have critical bandwidth
requirements when the wireless controller’s bandwidth is shared by different users and applications.
Mesh QoS helps ensure each mesh point on the network receives a fair share of the overall bandwidth, either equally or as per
the proportion configured. Packets directed towards clients are classified into categories such as video, voice and data. Packets
within each category are processed based on the weights defined for each mesh point.
The Quality of Service screen displays a list of Mesh QoS policies available to mesh points. Each Mesh QoS policy can be
selected to edit its properties. If none of the exiting Mesh QoS policies supports an ideal QoS configuration for the intended
data traffic of this mesh point, select the
Add button to create new policy. Select an existing Mesh QoS policy and select Edit
to change the properties of the Mesh QoS policy.
To define a Mesh QoS policy:
1. Select Configuration .
2. Select Wireless.
3. Select Mesh QoS Policy to display existing Mesh QoS policies.
Figure 6-47 Mesh QoS Policy (QoS) screen
4. Refer to the following configuration data for existing Smart RF policies:
Mesh QoS Policy Displays the name of each configured mesh QoS policy.
Mesh Tx Rate Limit Displays whether or not a Mesh Tx Rate Limit is enabled for each Mesh QoS policy. This
indicates rate limiting is enabled or disabled for all data received from any mesh point in
the mesh. When the rate limit is enabled a green check mark is displayed, when it is
disabled a red X is displayed.