TCP Precedence - The Priotity Bits
The three highest order bits in the Type of Service field are set aside for Priority. The priority function is provided to allow TCP to mark certain packets as higher priority. Packets with higher priority will get forwarded first. In addition, a provision is made to allow for compression and encryption of the TCP headers. All of these functions are signalled by a set of flags in the TCP header.
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