1. RLM Protocol Low-bandwidth Link High-bandwidth LAN Multiple groups are used to carry a layered encoding

2. RLM Protocol Low-bandwidth Link High-bandwidth LAN Local agents drop group membership when they detect QoS degradation

3. RLM Protocol Low-bandwidth Link High-bandwidth LAN Local agents drop group membership when they detect QoS degradation

4. RLM Protocol Low-bandwidth Link High-bandwidth LAN When all agents on the LAN have dropped membership of a group, traffic on that group is not routed to the LAN

5. RLM Protocol Low-bandwidth Link High-bandwidth LAN Agents continue to drop membership until a suitable level of QoS is achieved

6. RLM Protocol Low-bandwidth Link High-bandwidth LAN Notifies local agents of resultant QoS An agent rejoins group and tests QoS If QoS is acceptable, the other local agents rejoin the group