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[hchang <hchang@scut.edu.cn>]

in my opinion,it must be the "token buchet rate" to  be used to specify the desired bandwidth.is it right?
	
>The 'peak data rate' is used to specify the desired bandwidth.
>
>-Vasanthi
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Hong Liao [mailto:hliao@telcordia.com]
>Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 12:00 PM
>To: mpls@UU.NET
>Subject: how to request the desired bandwidth? RFC3209 section 4.7.3
>
>
>Hi,
>
>RFC3209 Section 4.7.3,  it says "When a new path message is considered for
>admission, the bandwidth requested is compared with the bandwidth available
>at the priority specified in the set up priority"
>
>Here I want to know how to request the desired bandwidth from the path msg.
>As I know, in the path message, there is one Sender Tspec object, and
>inside this object, it has traffic parameters like 'token bucket rate',
>'token bucket size', 'peak data rate'.......  I want to know which
>parameter can be used to specify the desired bandwidth the node wants.  Or
>desired BW will not be defined from this object at all?
>
>Can someone tell me how to request the BW in the Path msg, and if it is not
>available, a PathErr msg will be sent back?
>
>Thanks in an advance.
>Julia