The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'An Expedited Forwarding PHB'
<draft-ietf-diffserv-rfc2598bis-02.txt> as a Proposed Standard.
The IESG also approved publication of the following two documents as
Informational RFCs:
o Supplemental Information for the New Definition of the EF PHB
<draft-ietf-diffserv-ef-supplemental-01.txt>
o A Delay Bound alternative revision of RFC2598
<draft-ietf-diffserv-efresolve-01.txt>
These documents are the product of the Differentiated Services Working
Group. The IESG contact persons are Allison Mankin and Scott Bradner.
Technical Summary
An Expedited Forwarding PHB obsoletes RFC 2598. It defines a diffserv
per hop behavior known as Expedited Forwarding (EF). EF provides a
building block for low delay, low jitter and low loss services. It
operates by ensuring that the EF aggregate is served at a certain
configured rate.
Working Group Summary
This document is the result of an extended discussion in the Working
Group. It represents the consensus of the WG but there are a number
of people who disagreed with the result.
Protocol Quality
The document was reviewed for the IESG by Scott Bradner.
Note to RFC Editor:
Please note that reference [3] in draft-ietf-diffserv-rfc2598bis-02.txt
is not 2119 as text indicates.
