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	Title		: A Lower Effort Per-Domain Behavior for Differentiated 
                          Services
	Author(s)	: R. Bless et al.
	Filename	: draft-bless-diffserv-pdb-le-01.txt
	Pages		: 16
	Date		: 2002-11-21
	
This document proposes a differentiated services per-domain behavior
(PDB) whose traffic may be 'starved' (although starvation is not
strictly required) in a properly functioning network.  This is in
contrast to the Internet's 'best-effort' or 'normal Internet traffic'
model where prolonged starvation indicates network problems.  In this
sense the proposed PDB's traffic is forwarded with a 'lower' priority
than the normal 'best-effort' Internet traffic, thus the PDB is
called 'Lower Effort' (LE).  Use of this PDB permits a network
operator to strictly limit the effect of its traffic on 'best-
effort'/'normal' or all other Internet traffic.  This document gives
some example uses, but does not propose constraining the PDB's use to
any particular type of traffic.

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