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["Kavita Khanna" <kkhanna@isocore.com>]

The Token Bucket Size, Token Bucket Rate, and Minimum Policed Unit parameters
in the RSVP SENDER_TSPEC object are intended to be used to specify the bandwidth
requirements for the traffic flow. How these fields are interpreted to actually
reserve the bandwidth is a different issue.

Regards,
Kavita


>-- Original Message --
>From: Markus Jork <mjork@avici.com>
>To: mpls@UU.NET
>Subject: Re: Fw: Re: RE: how to request the desired bandwidth? RFC3209
section
>
> 4.7.3
>Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 13:58:14 -0400
>
>
>It is in fact the token bucket rate, not the peak rate.
>
>Markus
>
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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