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INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

B. Briscoe, Ed.
R. Woundy, Ed.
A. Cooper, Ed.

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IETF

Source:

conex (tsv)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6789

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Abstract

This document provides the entry point to the set of documentationabout the Congestion Exposure (ConEx) protocol. It explains themotivation for including a ConEx marking at the IP layer: to exposeinformation about congestion to network nodes. Although suchinformation may have a number of uses, this document focuses on howthe information communicated by the ConEx marking can serve as thebasis for significantly more efficient and effective trafficmanagement than what exists on the Internet today. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it ispublished for informational purposes.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.