abstract:If a service (or application) wishes to use a broadband network (an ATM network in particular) to transport a particular kind of traffic, it must first inform the network about what kind of traffic is to be transported, and the performance requirements of that traffic.Hiroshi Saito, Teletraffic Technologies in ATM Networks, Artech House, 1993.
To combat potential traffic jams, Verizon added language Thursday to its contract terms saying it may slow down connections for customers that fall in the top 5% of bandwidth use.