Resource reservation in a connectionless network
Anders Eriksson · 1998
This paper describes a new signalling protocol that supports resource reservation for unicast traffic in a packet network. The key feature of the protocol is that resources can be reserved on a per connection basis without introducing connection states in the network. This is accomplished by the combination of connection state handling in the hosts and link state handling in the network. The handling of link states rather than connection states allows for a connectionless mode of operation in the network, which is attractive from a complexity and scalability point of view.