Chapter 12. Quality of Service in Cisco Collaboration Solutions

Cisco Collaboration solutions enable users to leverage the power of true collaborative network with voice, video, data, and associated services available on same network. However, when voice and video are converged with data, it is essential to understand the impact of such a mix: that is, the impact on quality of voice/video communications. Voice and video streams are real time and need to be treated differentially compared to data. This is where quality of service (QoS) helps prioritize real-time traffic and overcome a number of traffic flow issues.

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