Quality of Service (Standard 7 Package Reference)

7/8/2014

This package is a Feature Pack in the category Networking. The name of the package as it appears on disk and for use with some command-line tools is WinEmb-Networking-QoS.

This package includes Quality Windows Audio/Video Experience (qWAVE), the Quality of Service (QoS) platform for Windows. QoS can provide different priority to different applications, users, or data flows, or to guarantee a certain level of performance to a data flow by measuring available network bandwidth and analyzing the performance requirements of different types of network traffic.

Settings

No settings provided.

Services

• Quality Windows Audio Video Experience
• QWAVE Driver

Dependencies

Package Dependencies

No package dependencies.

Group Dependencies

No group dependencies.

Optional Supporting Packages

You can select any number of packages from the following list:

• .NET Framework 2.0
• Help and Support Engine
• Internet Explorer 8 Engine and Display
• Network and Sharing Center
• Remote Procedure Call
• Shell Controls and UI Support Functions
• Wireless Networking

You can use the optional packages to enable the following functions:

To do this	Use these packages
Use the eQoS MMC snap-in for configuration and management.	Internet Explorer 8 Engine and Display .NET Framework 2.0 Shell Controls and UI Support Functions
Use Quality Windows Audio/Video Experience (qWave) technology.	Network and Sharing Center Caution: You must install the Network and Sharing Center package and all its dependencies for qWave to work. Remote Procedure Call Wireless Networking

Common Uses

A network administrator might create a QoS policy to ensure that online training videos from a particular corporate IP address are provided with enough bandwidth for a suitable viewing experience. Similarly, in times of high network loads, QoS could be used to lower the priority of audio-visual data coming in from beyond the corporate firewall.

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