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# CTSlicingManager.TrafficClass.background

A traffic class for non-urgent background data transfers.

```
case background
```

## Discussion

Use the background traffic class for data that doesn’t require immediate delivery, such as backups, synchronization, and content prefetching.
This traffic has lower priority and may experience higher latency.

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