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        RFC 1946:

        Title:      Native ATM Support for ST2+
        Author:     S. Jackowski
        Date:       May 1996
        Mailbox:    Stevej@NetManage.com
        Pages:      21
        Characters: 50,430

        URL:        ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1946.txt


As the demand for networked realtime services grows, so does the need
for shared networks to provide deterministic delivery services. Such
deterministic delivery services demand that both the source
application and the network infrastructure have capabilities to
request, setup, and enforce the delivery of the data. Collectively
these services are referred to as bandwidth reservation and Quality of
Service (QoS).  This memo describes a working implementation which
enables applications to directly invoke ATM services in the following
environments: ATM to internet, internet to ATM, and internet to
internet across ATM.

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