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bandwidth shaping Last modified: Friday, February 24, 2006
The process of manipulating, managing or controlling (shaping) portions of a network connection to the outside world and determining an allowed bandwidth consumption based on types of activities. The term is commonly used in conjunction with Internet Service Providers (ISP), where it refers to a tool that is used to limit or direct bandwidth consumption by users. An ISP may use bandwidth shaping to limit a users ability to take too much control over the internet gateway. Bandwidth shaping is also called bandwidth allocation or referred to as a bandwidth management tool.
UW use of Cisco-router traffic shaping In 2001 the University of Waterloo began using the Cisco IOS CB-WFQ/WRED (Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing with Weighted Random Early Detection) "bandwidth shaping" mechanisms to define user-constituency traffic classes (ResNet and non-ResNet) and ensure fair-share consumption of UW's Internet link when it is saturated. VoIP & Gadget Blog Prioritizing VoIP traffic and performing bandwidth shaping is key to a successful VoIP deployment.	Related Categories Internet Access Internet and Online Services Related Terms bottleneck broadband broadcast data downlink download Internet ISP network throughput uplink upload