Figure 4-6Illustration of FQ Scheduler Behavior; Packet D1 Arriving After Packet A1 Is Scheduled
Flow-Based WFQ
In WFQ, weights are assigned based on their precedence value in the Internet Protocol (IP)
header. They are calculated as follows:
Weight = 4096 ÷ (IP precedence + 1)
500
484356228260
400300200100
D1
(32)
Queue A
Queue D
D1
D1
.....
A3A2
....
A2A3
260
356484
Queue A
Round number: 228
Queue D
Round number/sequence number
A3A2D1
An FQ scheduler
A3 (128)
A2 (128)
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