To my eye, it takes a long time when reading to this document to actually come to the part where it tells you how rate limiting works. Often, IETF specifications give a high-level overview of concrete operation first, then define the specific protocol elements necessary, and only minimally address history, motivation, etc.
That suggests an organisation like this:
[x] 1. Introduction (considerably reducing the amount of background info, or moving it to an appendix)
To my eye, it takes a long time when reading to this document to actually come to the part where it tells you how rate limiting works. Often, IETF specifications give a high-level overview of concrete operation first, then define the specific protocol elements necessary, and only minimally address history, motivation, etc.
That suggests an organisation like this: