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P-2002 Series User’s Guide
Chapter 6 VoIP Screens
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6.5.2.1  DSCP and Per-Hop Behavior 
DiffServ defines a new DS (Differentiated Services) field to replace the Type of Service 
(TOS) field in the IP header. The DS field contains a 2-bit unused field and a 6-bit DSCP field 
which can define up to 64 service levels. The following figure illustrates the DS field. 
DSCP is backward compatible with the three precedence bits in the ToS octet so that non-
DiffServ compliant, ToS-enabled network device will not conflict with the DSCP mapping.  
Figure 26   DiffServ: Differentiated Service Field
The DSCP value determines the forwarding behavior, the PHB (Per-Hop Behavior), that each 
packet gets across the DiffServ network.  Based on the marking rule, different kinds of traffic 
can be marked for different priorities of forwarding. Resources can then be allocated 
according to the DSCP values and the configured policies.
6.5.3  VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) allows a physical network to be partitioned into multiple 
logical networks. Only stations within the same group can communicate with each other. 
Your Prestige can add IEEE 802.1Q VLAN ID tags to voice frames that it sends to the 
network. This allows the Prestige to communicate with a SIP server that is a member of the 
same VLAN group. Some ISPs use the VLAN tag to identify voice traffic and give it priority 
over other traffic.
6.6  QoS Configuration
Click VoIP in the navigation panel and then QoS to display the following screen.
DSCP
(6-bit)
Unused
(2-bit)