Network Working Group J. Manner Request for Comments: 4094 X. Fu Category: Informational May 2005
Analysis of Existing Quality-of-Service Signaling Protocols
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Abstract
This document reviews some of the existing Quality of Service (QoS) signaling protocols for an IP network. The goal here is to learn from them and to avoid common misconceptions. Further, we need to avoid mistakes during the design and implementation of any new protocol in this area.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3 2. RSVP and RSVP Extensions ........................................4 2.1. Basic Design ...............................................4 2.1.1. Signaling Model .....................................4 2.1.2. Soft State ..........................................5 2.1.3. Two-Pass Signaling Message Exchanges ................5 2.1.4. Receiver-Based Resource Reservation .................5 2.1.5. Separation of QoS Signaling from Routing ............5 2.2. RSVP Extensions ............................................6 2.2.1. Simple Tunneling ....................................6 2.2.2. IPsec Interface .....................................6 2.2.3. Policy Interface ....................................6 2.2.4. Refresh Reduction ...................................7 2.2.5. RSVP over RSVP ......................................8 2.2.6. IEEE 802-Style LAN Interface ........................8 2.2.7. ATM Interface .......................................9 2.2.8. DiffServ Interface ..................................9 2.2.9. Null Service Type ...................................9 2.2.10. MPLS Traffic Engineering ..........................10 2.2.11. GMPLS and RSVP-TE .................................11 2.2.12. GMPLS Operation at UNI and E-NNI Reference Points ............................................12 2.2.13. MPLS and GMPLS Future Extensions ..................12 2.2.14. ITU-T H.323 Interface .............................13 2.2.15. 3GPP Interface ....................................13 2.3. Extensions for New Deployment Scenarios ...................14