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RFC 2474 uses the ToS byte for Differentiated Services Code Point:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| DSCP field |CU/ECN |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Further, the DSCP field has more divisions:
0 1 2 3 4 5
+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| Class | Drop | 0 |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|___________ ___________|
V
DSCP field
My question is now, HOW is the 6. bit, the bit with the number 5, called? The only thing I know is that it is 0. But no name or anything for the 6. Bit. I'm reading the book 'Deploying QoS for cisco IP and Next-Generation-Networks' and there is where I found the table.
The same ToS Byte is also (and originally) used for IP Precedence (RFC 791), and there every bit is described and named:
0 + 1 + 2 3 4 5 6 + 7
+-----------+-------+----------+-----------+--------------------+
|Precedence | Delay |Throughput|Reliability|Reserved and unused |
+-----------+-------+----------+-----------+--------------------+
I need this for further understanding of how QoS works and how the mapping from IP-Precedence-to-DSCP works.