Bandwidth Management

Bandwidth is the thickness of electromagnetic frequency band. It entails the speed of data flow and transmission from a defined or a given path to measure a varied range of frequencies occupied by electromagnetic signals. Thus, bandwidth also acts as the channel capacity. Both digital and analog of any kind will have a bandwidth. The unit of measurement for bandwidth is Megabits per second (Mbps).

Bandwidth management is a procedure of determining and controlling the connections on a network line to refrain from network congestion and poor presentation – network monitoring.

Bandwidth management mechanisms assist to:

1.       Avoid network overloading

2.       Schedule algorithms

3.       Shape traffic

4.       Rate controlling

Bandwidth Management Tools and Techniques

The measurement tools and techniques are of two categories namely, packet sniffers and management applications. Packet sniffers consider individual packs, whereas management applications deem upon a broader overview of network interchange. In addition, packet sniffers produce bulk information and aid experts to track difficult bandwidth problems.

Bandwidth management tools make available the procedure, tools sand techniques to perform tasks of managing and controlling the network bandwidth. It is essential to utilize bandwidth optimally and economically, as it is a precious resource. Bandwidth also allows enhancing the productivity and securing stable returns on investment.

Issues that may affect the performance of a bandwidth

1.       Transmission Control Protocol identifies the capability of a connection.

2.       The explosion of web traffic requires extra bandwidth to withstand a possible traffic outburst.

3.       Deficit support unambiguous network load on the Internet

Bandwidth Manager:

Bandwidth manager software assigns bandwidth preference by allowing high precedence traffic to use more bandwidth in the network. Thus, a large file transfer will take more time as compared to the small file transfer. Actually, it is a server side draft used to manage the bandwidth of server. Here, the bandwidth manager manages the bandwidth of server as soon as the user downloads a file.  

Bandwidth manager helps to control the download and upload rate of a network. In addition, bandwidth manager functions without any special hardware design. Thus, bandwidth manager is an all-inclusive network traffic management tool, which offers quality and control of service.