RFC 3246 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2002

An Expedited Forwarding PHB

Overview

RFC 3246, “An Expedited Forwarding PHB”, is a Proposed Standard document published in March 2002 by B. Davie, A. Charny, J.C.R. Bennet, K. Benson, J.Y. Le Boudec, W. Courtney, S. Davari, V. Firoiu, D. Stiliadis. It obsoletes RFC 2598. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines a PHB (per-hop behavior) called Expedited Forwarding (EF). The PHB is a basic building block in the Differentiated Services architecture. EF is intended to provide a building block for low delay, low jitter and low loss services by ensuring that the EF aggregate is served at a certain configured rate. This document obsoletes RFC 2598. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 2598
Other RFCs from 2002

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