QoS
arantee a certain level of a specified resource to
,
and
losses.
The
The ability to prioritize traffic and thus allow critical flows to be served before flows with lesser
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value is used to mark the traffic’s IP header.
When the marked traffic reaches a network router or switch, the DSCP value in the IP header tell
t to apply to this type of traffic, for example, how
for it. Note that DSCP values can be entered in decimal or hex form,
t s
shown in decimal.
The following types of traffic are marked:
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Live Stream DSCP:
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Event/Alarm DSCP:
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Management DSCP:
Quality of Service (QoS) provides the means to gu
selected traffic on a network. Quality can be defined as a maintained level of bandwidth, low latency
no packet
main benefits of a QoS-aware network are:
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priority.
Greater reliability in the network, thanks to the control of the amount of bandwidth an application
may use, and thus control over bandwidth races between applications.
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DSCP Settings
For each type of network traffic supported by your network video product, enter a DSCP
(Differentiated Services Code Point) value. This
the router or switch which type of treatmen
much bandwidth to reserve
bu aved values are always
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