Bandwidth shapers are used to assign parts of network connections and define bandwidth usage amounts corresponding to types of activity types. For example, Internet Service Providers can use bandwidth shapers to manage the amount of bandwidth each subscriber can use so that no one user can obtain a disproportionate amount of control over the Internet gateway.

Vulcan‘s traffic generation and analysis capabilities can be used to imitate bandwidth shaping – also referred to as bandwidth allocation, bandwidth management and traffic shaping – thereby making Vulcan ideal for testing the performance and functionality of bandwidth shapers.