Delivery Priority identifies the relative forwarding preference assigned to traffic.
In the context of internet_qos, Delivery Priority influences queue placement, scheduling order, discard preference, and forwarding treatment during congestion.
relative forwarding preference assigned to packet-switched traffic
Generalised from Internet QoS and Differentiated Services terminology.
Delivery Priority is not a business priority, a legal priority, a policy authority, a release priority, or a DDS destination order.
A router forwards high-priority operational traffic before lower-priority bulk-transfer traffic during congestion.
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