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RFC 2598: An Expedited Forwarding PHB

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 3246.

Current version: RFC 3246 — An Expedited Forwarding PHB (Per-Hop Behavior)

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The definition of PHBs (per-hop forwarding behaviors) is a critical part of the work of the Diffserv Working Group. This document describes a PHB called Expedited Forwarding. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC2598
Published
June 1999
Authors
V. Jacobson; K. Nichols; K. Poduri
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
tsv
Pages
11
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Obsoleted by:
RFC 3246

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