Quality of Service Guide 887
Frequently Used QoS Terms
In This Chapter
This chapter provides definitions for frequently used QoS terminology.
The following terms are used in router Hierarchical QoS to describe the operation and
maintenance of a virtual scheduler hierarchy and are presented for reference purposes:
• Above CIR Distribution
• Available Bandwidth
• CBS
• CIR
• CIR Level
• CIR Weight
• Child
• Level
• MBS
• MCR
• Offered Load
• Orphan
• Parent
• Queue
• Rate
• Root (Scheduler)
• Scheduler Policy
• Tier
• Virtual Scheduler
• Weight
• Within CIR Distribution