Concerning the sending direction, the bandwidth management takes place dynamically. This means that e.g. a guaranteed minimum bandwidth is only available, as long as the corresponding data transfer really exists.
An example:
For the transmission of VoIP data of an appropriate VoIP gateway, a bandwidth of 256 Kbps is to be guaranteed always. Thereby, each individual VoIP connection consumes 32 Kbps.
As long as nobody telephones, the entire bandwidth is at the disposal to other services. Per adjacent VoIP connection 32 Kbps less is available to other applications, until 8 VoIP connections are active. As soon as a VoIP connection is terminated, the corresponding bandwidth is available again to all other applications.
Note: For correct functioning of this mechanism, the sum of the configured
minimum bandwidth must not exceed the effectively available transmission
bandwidth.