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802.1Qau-2010 - IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks-- Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks Amendment 13: Congestion Notification
Description: This amendment specifies protocols, procedures and managed objects that support congestion management of long-lived data flows within network domains of limited bandwidth-delay product. This is achieved by enabling bridges to signal congestion to end stations capable of transmission rate limiting to avoid frame loss.
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Working Group: WG802.1 - Higher Layer LAN Protocols Working Group
Oversight Committee: C/LM - LAN/MAN Standards Committee 
Sponsor: IEEE Computer Society
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