Tag Archives: QoS

Get Your WLAN Ready for Carrier Wi-Fi Calling

To follow-up my last post where I expressed concern about marking cellular carrier Wi-Fi calls with the proper QoS class, I’m please to see that Cisco will include application signatures for Wi-Fi Calling in it’s upcoming AVC Protocol Pack 15 update. Other vendors should follow suit. Keep in mind that changing the classification of VoWiFi packets onContinue reading “Get Your WLAN Ready for Carrier Wi-Fi Calling”

Layer 7 Firewalls and QoS on the WLAN

Several WLAN vendors offer layer 7, or application layer, firewalls and quality of service tools. The feature has different names depending on the vendor (Application Visibility and Control, Layer 7 Visibility, AppRF, etc.), but they all try to do the same thing. These tools work at the application layer to identify packets for processing through firewallContinue reading “Layer 7 Firewalls and QoS on the WLAN”