Delivery Priority identifies the relative forwarding preference assigned to traffic.
In the context of Internet Quality of Service (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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