====== Bandwidth Allocation ======

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===== Discussion =====

Bandwidth Allocation assigns available transmission capacity among traffic classes, flows, users, or services.

In the context of [[fxdemo:dido_99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:i|Internet QoS]], Bandwidth Allocation supports differentiated service treatment, minimum service expectations, maximum traffic limits, and fairness among competing traffic.

===== Definition =====

//network-level assignment of transmission capacity among traffic classes, flows, users, or services//

===== Source =====

Generalised from Internet QoS and Differentiated Services terminology.

===== Note =====

Bandwidth Allocation is not DDS resource limits, application capacity planning, node admission control, or cost allocation.

===== Example =====

A network reserves part of an interface’s forwarding capacity for operational status traffic and assigns the remaining capacity to background traffic.