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Method and apparatus for providing quality of service routing in a network

  • US 5,995,503 A
  • Filed: 06/12/1996
  • Issued: 11/30/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing quality of service routing functions in a connectionless network having a plurality of nodes, said method comprising the steps of:

  • generating a link resource advertisement for each node in said network, each link resource advertisement including information regarding link resources available on a particular node in said network;

    generating resource reservation advertisements for each node in said network, each resource reservation advertisement including information regarding a particular node'"'"'s reservations; and

    calculating network paths in response to a quality of service request, said calculation based on said link resource advertisements and said resource reservation advertisements.

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