Specifications

Terms and Definitions
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Rate Shaping The rescheduling of bursty traffic while in the queue based upon packet buffering
such that traffic beyond the configured bandwidth threshold is delayed until
bandwidth usage falls below the configured threshold.
Type of Service
(ToS)
An 8-bit field defined by RFC 1349 used for the prioritization of packets within a QoS
context.
Table 3 Quality of Service Configuration Terms and Definitions (continued)
Term Definition