WRED Is Short for Weighted Random Early Detection

question 205

Multiple Choice

WRED is short for Weighted Random Early Detection. Which two descriptions are correct concerning WRED? (Choose two.)

• A) WRED throttles TCP-based applications to avoid congestion within the queue servicing the traffic.
• B) WRED provides bandwidth guarantees for packets within a queue, and tells the scheduler the order in which queues should be served.
• C) WRED allows thresholds to be applied to give higher priority applications access to limited buffer resources.
• D) WRED can inform remote devices that there is congestion on the network by setting the pause bit within the ToS field, instructing end devices to throttle their transmissions.

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