RFC 7657: Differentiated Services (Diffserv) and Real-Time Communication

Publisher

IETF / RFC Editor

URL

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7657.html

Published

2015-11-01

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-09-24

HTTP status

200

License

IETF Trust Legal Provisions (BCP 78/79); no-redistribution; short excerpts and locators only

Source notes citing this source

• RFC 7657 states that DSCP markings are not end to end in general, because each network chooses its own PHBs and DSCP mappings and may re-mark at its edge. in context
• RFC 7657 warns that giving packets in one 5-tuple different DSCPs makes reordering very likely, and advises limiting a single RTP stream to DSCPs within one AF class. in context

Cite this source record

APA

WarmTransfer. (2015, November 1). RFC 7657: Differentiated Services (Diffserv) and Real-Time Communication. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-7657-diffserv-rtc

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-rfc-7657-diffserv-rtc,
  title  = {RFC 7657: Differentiated Services (Diffserv) and Real-Time Communication},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2015},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-7657-diffserv-rtc},
  note   = {IETF / RFC Editor, accessed 2026-09-24}
}