3. Section C is (max-avg, max-prob) to (max-avg, 1). This part of the slope describes the instan-
taneous increase of packet discard probability from max-prob to one. A packet discard prob-
ability of 1 results in an automatic discard of the packet.
4. Section D is (max-avg, 1) to (100%, 1). On this part of the slope, the shared buffer average
utilization value of max-avg to 100% results in a packet discard probability of 1.
Plotting any value of shared buffer average utilization will result in a value for packet discard
probability from 0 to 1. Changing the values for start-avg, max-avg and max-prob allows the
adaptation of the RED slope to the needs of the access or network queues using the shared portion
of the buffer pool, including disabling the RED slope.
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