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INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

P. Levis
M. Boucadair

Stream:

INDEPENDENT

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5160

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Abstract

This memo analyzes provider-to-provider Quality of Service (QoS)agreements suitable for a global QoS-enabled Internet. It definesterminology relevant to inter-domain QoS models. It proposes a newconcept denoted by Meta-QoS-Class (MQC). This concept couldpotentially drive and federate the way QoS inter-domain relationshipsare built between providers. It opens up new perspectives for a QoS-enabled Internet that retains, as much as possible, the openness ofthe existing best-effort Internet. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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