Bandwidth Allocation assigns available transmission capacity among traffic classes, flows, users, or services.
In the context of Internet QoS, Bandwidth Allocation supports differentiated service treatment, minimum service expectations, maximum traffic limits, and fairness among competing traffic.
network-level assignment of transmission capacity among traffic classes, flows, users, or services
Generalised from Internet QoS and Differentiated Services terminology.
Bandwidth Allocation is not DDS resource limits, application capacity planning, node admission control, or cost allocation.
A network reserves part of an interface’s forwarding capacity for operational status traffic and assigns the remaining capacity to background traffic.