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Specification of the Controlled-Load Network Element Service
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Network Working Group J. Wroclawski
Request For Comments: 2211 MIT LCS
Category: Standards Track September 1997
Specification of the Controlled-Load Network Element Service
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
This memo specifies the network element behavior required to deliver
Controlled-Load service in the Internet. Controlled-load service
provides the client data flow with a quality of service closely
approximating the QoS that same flow would receive from an unloaded
network element, but uses capacity (admission) control to assure that
this service is received even when the network element is overloaded.
1. Introduction
This document defines the requirements for network elements that
support the Controlled-Load service. This memo is one of a series of
documents that specify the network element behavior required to
support various qualities of service in IP internetworks. Services
described in these documents are useful both in the global Internet
and private IP networks.
This document is based on the service specification template given in
[1]. Please refer to that document for definitions and additional
information about the specification of qualities of service within
the IP protocol family.
Wroclawski Standards Track