METHOD TO SELECTIVELY ADD PRIORITY TAGGING TO NETWORK TRAFFIC

摘要

A gateway device communicates with a client device on a local area network. The gateway device receives (405) a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) request from the client device; wherein the DHCP request includes information indicating (410) whether, or not, the client device supports quality of service (QoS) treatment; and if the client device supports QoS treatment, the gateway device sends packets destined for the client device with QoS priority tagging information (425); and if the client device does not support QoS treatment, the gateway device sends packets destined for the client device without QoS priority tagging information (420)