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Smartbyte Architecture
Following is the high-level software architecture of Smartbyte:
Figure 1: Smartbyte Software Architecture
Smartbyte Features
Smartbyte provides following features and their inclusion with specific version
numbers:
• Uplink Packet Tagging (Smartbyte 2.5 and 3.0)
• Dell-on-Dell Advantage (Smartbyte 2.5 and 3.0)
• Manual Bandwidth Control (Smartbyte 2.5 and 3.0)
• Dynamic Bandwidth Control (Smartbyte 2.5)
• Access Point Scoring and Ranking (Smartbyte 3.0)
• Speed to Router (Smartbyte 3.0)
Uplink packet tagging
The communication between client device and access point (router) occurs in
terms of packets. Traditionally, these packets are not differentiated among each
other. Smartbyte tags these packets, which can be helpful in 2 stages. Tagging
involves WMM and DSCP. WMM bits are for prioritization of packets in the
immediate access point. DSCP tagging is useful for prioritization of applications
in the backend.