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• Real time application–1
• Video streaming–2
• Other Web traffic–3
• Background downloads–4
Unknown applications are assigned a priority of 3.
There are various scenarios where ExpressConnect helps in regulating bandwidth
and some scenarios where ExpressConnect is not helpful. The table below
summarizes those scenarios and the right column indicates whether
ExpressConnect is helpful in that scenario. The terminology for the right column is
as follows:
Ideal – ExpressConnect is built to perform, and definitely helps
Functional – ExpressConnect capabilities can benefit, mainly downlink
Not functional – ExpressConnect backs off & does nothing except tagging packets
Partially useful – ExpressConnect is functional, up to a point
Conclusion: Solution Space & Areas of Focus
ExpressConnect focuses on providing premium connectivity and streaming
experience for commercial customers in a dense and competitive network
environment. It helps to connect to the right AP for higher bandwidth needs and
traffic prioritization for ensuring proper functionality of critical applications over
noncritical ones.
About the authors
Dileep Kumar Soma is a Senior Engineering Technologist at Dell with the
Technology strategy team as part of CTO. He is driving innovation at Dell by
leading multiple incubations in the domains of wireless and camera technology.
Dileep has 2.5 years of experience at Dell.
Vivek Viswanathan is a Software Architect with the Experience Innovation Group
(EIG), as part of Office of the CSG CTO, spearheading platform software
architecture for Dell’s new innovation experiences and platforms. Vivek has 5
Use Case
ExpressConnect
capability
When a single user is connected to AP and using
all the bandwidth
functional
When a user is mobile in a dense AP environment
Ideal
When a user is in a conference call in a congested
AP environment (dense or sparse)
functional