Quality of Service (QoS) is a set of technologies that work on a network to guarantee its ability to dependably run high-priority applications and traffic under limited network capacity. QoS technologies accomplish this by providing differentiated handling and capacity allocation to specific flows in network traffic. This enables the network administrator to assign the order in which packets are handled, and the amount of bandwidth afforded to that application or traffic flow. Aslo Quality of Service (QoS) across IP networks is becoming an increasingly important aspect of today's enterprise IT infrastructure. Not only is QoS necessary for voice and video streaming over the network, it's also an important factor in supporting the growing Internet of Things (IoT). In this article, I'll explain why QoS is important, how it works, and describe some use-case scenarios to show how it can benefit your end users' experience. Measurements of concern to QoS are bandwidth (throug
