Resource Reservation Setup Protocol (rsvp)
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 Charter
 Last Modified: 05/02/2001

 Current Status: Concluded Working Group

 Chair(s):
     Lixia Zhang  <lixia@cs.ucla.edu>
     B Braden  <braden@isi.edu>

 Transport Area Director(s):
     Scott Bradner  <sob@harvard.edu>
     Allison Mankin  <mankin@isi.edu>

 Transport Area Advisor:
     Scott Bradner  <sob@harvard.edu>

 Mailing Lists: 
     General Discussion:rsvp@isi.edu
     To Subscribe:      rsvp-request@isi.edu
     Archive:           ftp://ftp.isi.edu/rsvp/rsvp.mail

Description of Working Group:

RSVP is a resource reservation setup protocol for the Internet. Its
major features include: (1) the use of ``soft state'' in the routers, 
(2)
receiver-controlled reservation requests, (3) flexible control over
sharing of reservations and forwarding of subflows, and (4) the use of
IP multicast for data distribution.

The primary purpose of this working group is to evolve the RSVP
specification and to introduce it into the Internet standards track.
The working group will also serve as a meeting place and forum for
those developing and experimenting with RSVP implementations.

The task of the RSVP Working Group, creating a robust specification for
real-world implementations of RSVP, will require liaison with two other
efforts: (1) continuing research and development work on RSVP in the
DARTnet research
community, and (2) the parallel IETF working group that is considering
the service model for integrated service. Although RSVP is largely
independent of the service model, its design does depend upon the
overall integrated service architecture and the requirements of
real-time applications. As an additional task, RSVP will maintain
coordination with the IPng-related working groups.

 Goals and Milestones:

   Done         Hold BOF on RSVP at Houston IETF meeting. 

   Done         Prepare new draft of RSVP Protocol in time for Seattle IETF 
                meeting, following e-mail review and possible MBONE 
                meetings. 

   Done         Submit the RSVP specification to the IESG for consideration 
                as a Prototype RFC. Begin revision based on experience. 

   Done         Release revised specification. 

   Done         Submit RSVP specification to IESG for Proposed Standard 
                status. 


 Internet-Drafts:

  No Current Internet-Drafts.

 Request For Comments:

  RFC   Stat Published     Title
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RFC2206 PS   OCT 97    RSVP Management Information Base using SMIv2 

RFC2205 PS   OCT 97    Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1 
                       Functional Specification 

RFC2207 PS   OCT 97    RSVP Extensions for IPSEC Data Flows 

RFC2208 I    OCT 97    Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) Version 1 
                       Applicability Statement Some Guidelines on 
                       Deployment 

RFC2209 I    OCT 97    Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1 
                       Message Processing Rules 

RFC2745 PS   FEB 00    RSVP Diagnostic Messages 

RFC2747 PS   FEB 00    RSVP Cryptographic Authentication 

RFC2746 PS   FEB 00    RSVP Operation Over IP Tunnels 

RFC3097 PS   APR 01    RSVP Cryptographic Authentication-New Message Type 

RFC2961 PS   APR 01    RSVP Refresh Overhead Reduction Extensions