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<title abbrev='Network Element Service Template'>Network Element Service Specification Template</title>
<author initials='S.' surname='Shenker' fullname='Scott Shenker'>
<organization>Xerox PARC</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>3333 Coyote Hill Road</street>
<street>Palo Alto</street>
<street>CA  94304-1314</street></postal>
<phone>415-812-4840</phone>
<facsimile>415-812-4471</facsimile>
<email>shenker@parc.xerox.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='J.' surname='Wroclawski' fullname='John Wroclawski'>
<organization>MIT Laboratory for Computer Science</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>545 Technology Sq.</street>
<street>Cambridge</street>
<street>MA  02139</street></postal>
<phone>617-253-7885</phone>
<facsimile>617-253-2673</facsimile>
<email>jtw@lcs.mit.edu</email></address></author>
<date month='September' year='1997' />
<area>Internet</area>
<keyword>Quality of Service</keyword>
<abstract>
<t>
   This document defines a framework for specifying services provided by
   network elements, and available to applications, in an internetwork
   which offers multiple qualities of service. The document first
   provides some necessary context -- including relevant definitions and
   suggested data formats -- and then specifies a &quot;template&quot; which
   service specification documents should follow. The specification
   template includes per-element requirements such as the service&apos;s
   packet handling behavior, parameters required and made available by
   the service, traffic specification and policing requirements, and
   traffic ordering relationships.  It also includes evaluation criteria
   for elements providing the service, and examples of how the service
   might be implemented (by network elements) and used (by
   applications).
</t></abstract></front>

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