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4 quality of service – ZyXEL Communications PLA-407 User Manual

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Chapter 1 Introducing the PLA-407

PLA-407 User’s Guide

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interference from the electrical devices so that it does not affect the Powerline
network. This is shown in the following figure.

Figure 2 Noise Filter on PLA-407

This setup maximizes the PLA-407’s performance and ensures that the Powerline
network is stable. This benefits users who are into gaming or those watching
streaming media from the Internet. The internal noise filter is enabled by default.

1.1.4 Quality of Service

Additionally, the Quality of Service (QoS) feature of the PLA-407 (refer to

Section

5.6 on page 43

) prioritizes voice, video and data traffic (such as web browsing, file

transfer and e-mail). The figure below illustrates the advantage of implementing
QoS.

Figure 3 QoS on PLA-407

Noise Filter

Powerline Network

Home Appliances

All sorts

of traffic

Voice

Video

Data

Equal Priority

High Priority

Low Priority

Without QoS

With QoS