RSVP Characteristics Unicast and multicast Simplex f Unidirectional data flow Separate reservations in two directions ◆ Receiver initiated i Receiver knows which subset of source transmissions it wants o Maintain soft state in internet Responsibility of end users o Providing different reservation styles a Users specify how reservations for groups are aggregated Transparent operation through non-RSVP routers o Support IPv4 (Tos field) and IPv6(Flow label field) 66 RSVP Characteristics Unicast and Multicast Simplex ◼ Unidirectional data flow ◼ Separate reservations in two directions Receiver initiated ◼ Receiver knows which subset of source transmissions it wants Maintain soft state in internet ◼ Responsibility of end users Providing different reservation styles ◼ Users specify how reservations for groups are aggregated Transparent operation through non-RSVP routers Support IPv4 (ToS field) and IPv6 (Flow label field)