RFC - 2211

Specification of the Controlled-Load Network Element Service

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2211.txt
Authors:	J. Wroclawski [MIT LCS]
Date:	September 1997
Category:	Proposed Standard

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Referred by:	42 RFC
Refers to:	5 RFC

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Status

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.

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