RFC 2749 (rfc2749) - Page 1 of 17


COPS usage for RSVP



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Network Working Group                                    S . Herzog, Ed.
Request for Comments: 2749                                     IPHighway
Category: Standards Track                                       J. Boyle
                                                                  Level3
                                                                R. Cohen
                                                                   Cisco
                                                               D. Durham
                                                                   Intel
                                                                R. Rajan
                                                                    AT&T
                                                               A. Sastry
                                                                   Cisco
                                                            January 2000


                          COPS usage for RSVP


Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document describes usage directives for supporting COPS policy
   services in RSVP environments.

Table of Contents

   1 Introduction....................................................2
   2 RSVP values for COPS objects....................................2
   2.1  Common Header, client-type...................................2
   2.2  Context Object (Context).....................................3
   2.3  Client Specific Information (ClientSI).......................4
   2.4  Decision Object (Decision)...................................4
   3 Operation of COPS for RSVP PEPs.................................6
   3.1  RSVP flows...................................................6
   3.2  Expected Associations for RSVP Requests......................6
   3.3  RSVP's Capacity Admission Control: Commit and Delete.........7
   3.4  Policy Control Over PathTear and ResvTear....................7



Herzog, et al.              Standards Track