Subject: RE: RSVP protocol

From: "Punj, Arun" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 12:13:42 -0400

Your understanding is correct. However, your worry is the 
refresh traffic, then please refer refresh reduction draft.

TL

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 8:39 PM
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> Subject: RSVP protocol 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a doubt regarding the way RSVP protocol operates.
> 
> The way it is stated in RFC 2205 is that I repeat here which is,
> 
> RSVP establishes "soft" state; that is, RSVP sends periodic 
> refresh messages 
> to maintain the state along the reserved path(s). In the 
> absence of refresh 
> messages, the state automatically times out and is deleted.
> 
> My understanding of the above is that for each path refresh 
> message, there is 
> a refresh resv from the destination node and in the absence 
> of a resv refresh 
> coming from the destination node, there will be a time out.
> 
> Pl. correct if my understanding is incorrect.
> 
> Thanks
> RamMadhusudhan
>