39 
14  001110  af13 
18  010010  af21 
20  010100  af22 
22  010110  af23 
26  011010  af31 
28  011100  af32 
30  011110  af33 
34  100010  af41 
36  100100  af42 
38  100110  af43 
8  001000  cs1 
16  010000  cs2 
24  011000  cs3 
32  100000  cs4 
40  101000  cs5 
48  110000  cs6 
56  111000  cs7 
0  000000  be (default) 
 
802.1p priority 
802.1p priority lies in the Layer 2 header. It applies to occasions where Layer 3 header analysis is not 
needed and QoS must be assured at Layer 2. 
Figure 10 An Ethernet frame with an 802.1Q tag header 
 
 
As shown in Figure 10, the 4-byte 802.1Q tag header contains the 2-byte tag  protocol identifier 
(TPID) and the 2-byte tag control information (TCI). The value of the TPID is 0x8100. Figure 11 
shows the format of the 802.1Q tag header. The Priority field in the 802.1Q tag header is called 
802.1p priority, because its use is defined in IEEE 802.1p. Table 10 shows the values for 802.1p 
priority. 
Destination 
Address 
Source 
Address
802.1Q 
header
TPID
Length
/Type
6 bytes 6 bytes
TCI
4 bytes
Data
FCS(CRC-
32)
2 bytes 4 bytes46~1500 bytes