RSVP (2)

• RSVP supports unicast and multicast sessions

• QoS requirements are communicated through a network via a flow specification from receiver to sender

• Session set-up

  • (1) receiver joins a multicast group using IGMP
  • (2) sender sends RSVP path message to the IP destination address
  • (3) receiver starts sending appropriate reservation request messages specifying the desired flow descriptors using RSVP
  • (4) sender starts sending data

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