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There are various scenarios in which Smartbyte helps in regulating bandwidth
and some scenarios where Smartbyte is not helpful. Below table summarizes
those scenarios and right column indicates whether Smartbyte is helpful in that
scenario. The terminology for the right column is as follows:
Ideal – Smartbyte is built to perform in this kind of environment
functional – Smartbyte capabilities are used in this scenario, mainly downlink
Not functional – Smartbyte backs off and do nothing except tagging packets
Partially useful – Smartbyte is functional up to a threshold
Conclusion: Solution Space & Areas of Focus
With the introduction of Smartbyte for consumer systems, we can prioritize
critical applications running on client systems over non-critical applications, in
terms of bandwidth and QoS, thereby giving an advantage to use cases
involving real-time applications such as video conferencing, over different
scenarios involving access point loading variations.
Use Case (with dynamic bandwidth control)
Smartbyte capability
When a single user is present and using all the
bandwidth
Ideal
When single user is present and not using all the
bandwidth
Not functional
When multiple users are present, but only single
user is using all the bandwidth
Functional
When multiple users are present and sharing the
bandwidth
Not functional
When single user moves away from AP, but
operating within 80% of the initial speed
Functional
When single user moves away from AP and
operating less than 80% of the initial speed
Not functional