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====== Delivery Priority ======

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===== Discussion =====

Delivery Priority identifies the relative forwarding preference assigned to traffic.

In the context of [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:i:internet_qos]], Delivery Priority influences queue placement, scheduling order, discard preference, and forwarding treatment during congestion.

===== Definition =====

//relative forwarding preference assigned to packet-switched traffic//

===== Source =====

Generalised from Internet QoS and Differentiated Services terminology.

===== Note =====

Delivery Priority is not a business priority, a legal priority, a policy authority, a release priority, or a DDS destination order.

===== Example =====

A router forwards high-priority operational traffic before lower-priority bulk-transfer traffic during congestion.
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