RFC 4594: Configuration Guidelines for DiffServ Service Classes

Publisher

IETF / RFC Editor

URL

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4594

Published

2006-08-01

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-09-25

HTTP status

200

License

IETF Trust Legal Provisions (BCP 78); no-redistribution; short excerpts and locators only

Source notes citing this source

• RFC 4594 recommends the Class Selector 5 (CS5) codepoint for the Signaling service class, which is separate from the EF marking for voice media. in context
• RFC 4594 (Informational) says the Telephony service class SHOULD use the Expedited Forwarding PHB, and it characterizes telephony as having very low tolerance to loss, delay and jitter. in context

Cite this source record

APA

WarmTransfer. (2006, August 1). RFC 4594: Configuration Guidelines for DiffServ Service Classes. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-4594-diffserv-classes

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-rfc-4594-diffserv-classes,
  title  = {RFC 4594: Configuration Guidelines for DiffServ Service Classes},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2006},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-4594-diffserv-classes},
  note   = {IETF / RFC Editor, accessed 2026-09-25}
}