Thank you for ordering Sprint’s IP Class of Service (CoS) product! As each Sprint customer has individual traffic delivery
requirements, Sprint will customize your IP COS configuration based on the preferences selected on this order form. This form
should only be used to make changes to your existing COS configuration. Requests to add new COS should be sent to your
account team first. For more information on completing this form, please visit the IP Class of Service Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQ) and our Service Policy and guideline document.
You should have an Entrust enabled account to submit this template to Sprint. This template should be sent via an
Entrusted account ENTRUST.IPSD@SPRINT.COM with the SUBJECT line of
“Customer Name – Private Line # - Peerless COS Request”
----------------------------Begin COS Template -----------------------------------------1. CONTACT INFORMATION:
Company Name:
Contact Name:
Contact's Phone
Contact Hours:
2. Do you want Sprint to contact you prior to making this change?
Yes
No
3. Serial IP Addresses:
WAN IP Address:
4. YOUR ROUTER:
Sprint Managed?
Yes
No
If you are a Sprint Managed customer, in addition to submitting this form, please contact your
Sprint Account team to submit a Change Request on your managed device
5. Class of Service (COS) Details
Sprint will use IP Precedence bits for classification and prioritization of encrypted (e.g. IPSec) VPN traffic. The customer is
responsible for setting the IP Precedence bits appropriately at the customer premise. Please review below Sprint's IP Precedence
value queue assignments. For all VPN customers, network control traffic will be sent via the network control queue is reserved
for the customer's network control traffic.
IP
IP
Precedence Precedence
Class of Service Queue Description
bits
Value
Network
111
7
This queue is reserved and not available for customer traffic
Control Queue
110
6
Sprint will establish a Strict Priority queue for this queue. All
applications with IP Precedence value 5 will be assigned to the Strict
Class A (voice
Priority queue. Sprint recommends that the customers' assign only
or video
101
5
Voice and Video traffic to the Priority Queue. If the customer is using
traffic)
both Voice and Video traffic, the customer should assign the Video
traffic to the Class B Queue. Please set the IP Precedence bits on your
traffic accordingly.
Class B
(critical traffic)
Class C
(business
traffic)
Class D
(standard
traffic)
100
4
011
3
010
001
000
2
1
0
Sprint will service all traffic with an IP precedence value 4 in the Class
B Queue. The customer should assign critical data traffic to the Class B
Queue.
Sprint will service all traffic with an IP precedence value 3 in the Class
C Queue. The customer should assign business data traffic to the Class
C Queue.
Sprint will treat all applications with IP Precedence values 2,1,0 or
no IP Precedence values as default or non-prioritized traffic. Please
set the IP Precedence bits on your traffic accordingly.
Please complete the following steps to process your Change Request:
Step One: Define a Queuing Profile that you plan to change at each site. A single profile may be used at more than one
location. Define as many unique profiles as needed. Assign applications, hosts or subnets to a queue. Please specify the TOS
value if you plan to use IP precedence. If you plan to use the same profile on all sites, mention ALL in the “Private Line” and
“Site Name” columns. Please reference the initial Design Document that was submitted for the existing profiles. Add more
profiles if needed.
Profile #1
Queue
Application (ports),
Source/Destination Address, Subnet
or ToS Value
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class D
Profile #2
Queue
Application (ports),
Source/Destination Address, Subnet
or ToS Value
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class D
Step Two: Specific any bandwidth distribution changes, define as many unique bandwidth distribution profiles as
needed. Use 5% increments only. You will apply these different distribution combinations in Step Three to each
location.
Bandwith Distribution
Comments
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class D
#1
0%
30%
40%
30%
( No Voice or Video Traffic)
#2
0%
35%
35%
30%
( No Voice or Video Traffic)
#3
0%
40%
35%
25%
( No Voice or Video Traffic)
#4
0%
50%
25%
25%
( No Voice or Video Traffic)
#5
0%
60%
15%
25%
( No Voice or Video Traffic)
#6
17%
33%
25%
25%
(Video Recommended)
#7
25%
25%
25%
25%
#8
30%
25%
20%
25%
#9
35%
25%
15%
25%
#10
40%
25%
10%
25%
#11
45%
20%
10%
25%
#12
50%
15%
10%
25%
#13
55%
10%
10%
25%
(VoIP Recommendation)
C1
25%
Customer Defined
C2
25%
Customer Defined
Note: Class D must be allocated at least 25% of the total bandwidth.
Classes A-D must total 100%.
Step Three: Assign a COS Profile to each location from the above two steps.
Private Line #
or
TRS Net Add
Site Name
Queuing Profile #
Bandwidth
Distribution # (1-13)
7. Additional Comments:
8. Contacts:
For any specific questions on this template, please send an email to
ENTRUST.IPSD@SPRINT.COM. Requests will be processed within 72 business hours
from receipt. For any specific questions on your account, please contact your
account team.
Thank you for Choosing Sprint.
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