Resource reservation protocol substitute reply router, resource reservation protocol substitute reply system and resource reservation protocol substitute reply method used in the same

• US 7,336,663 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2003
• Issued: 02/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Sakai, Masanao
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, BRENDA H
• Application Number:
  US10/657,254
• Publication Number:
  US 20040081098A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,631 Days
• Field of Search: 370/402, 370/351, 370/389, 370/392, 370/395.21, 370/395.41, 370/401, 370/428, 370/358, 370/386, 370/391, 370/393, 370/395.3, 370/395.5
• US Class Current: 370/395.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2441 relying on flow classification, e.g. using integrated services [IntServ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/724 at intermediate nodes, e.g. resource reservation protocol [RSVP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/805 QOS or priority aware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/161 Implementation details of TCP/IP or UDP/IP stack architecture; Specification of modified or new header fields
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A resource reservation protocol substitute reply router is provided for enabling execution of RSVP procedure as substitute by automatically detecting that a reception host does not support RSVP. A Path message storage portion stores a Path message handled by an RSVP control portion. An ICMP detecting portion monitors data packet input to a routing portion. When “message of Destination Unreachable” is found in the packet, an IP header information contained in the ICMP message and a stored value of the Path message storage portion are compared. If matched one is present, the ICMP message is disposed, and in place, it is requested to the substitute RSVP control portion to execute the procedure of RSVP on behalf of the reception host. The substitute RSVP control portion executes the procedure of RSVP on behalf of the original reception host.

Claims

1. A resource reservation protocol substitute reply router transferring a verification message transmitted from a transmission host to a reception host for acquiring guarantee of service quality of a transmission route upon transmitting data packet from said transmission host to said reception host, comprising:

judgment means for monitoring a response message from said reception host for said verification message and making a judgment whether said reception host is an equipment supporting said resource reservation protocol or not; and

substitute resource reservation protocol control means for executing a procedure of resource reservation protocol on behalf of said reception host which is judged as not supporting resource reservation protocol; and

reservation means for making reservation of resource on the route to said transmission host,

wherein said judgment means monitors an internet control message protocol message, and makes judgment whether said reception host is an equipment supporting said resource reservation protocol or not from said internet control message protocol message;

wherein said internet control message protocol message is the response message from said reception host for a Path message of resource reservation protocol that is transmitted as the verification message and transmitted to a sender of a data packet upon receipt of a packet of a not supported protocol.

2. The resource reservation protocol substitute reply router as set forth in claim 1, wherein said substitute resource reservation protocol control means generates a reserve message indicative of service quality in said transmission route for said Path message on behalf of said reception host, and transmits said reserve message to said transmission host.

3. The resource reservation protocol substitute reply router as set forth in claim 1, which is in a network in which a plurality of the reception hosts not supporting said resource reservation protocol and the reception hosts supporting said resource reservation protocol are present in admixing manner.

4. The resource reservation protocol substitute reply router as set forth in claim 1, which is in a network in which a plurality of the reception hosts not supporting said resource reservation protocol and the reception hosts supporting said resource reservation protocol are present in admixing manner.

5. The resource reservation protocol substitute reply router as set forth in claim 1, which is respectively in a network consisted of the reception host not supporting said resource reservation protocol and a network consisted of the reception host supporting said resource reservation protocol.

6. A resource reservation protocol substitute reply system transferring a verification message transmitted from a transmission host to a reception host for acquiring guarantee of service quality of a transmission route upon transmitting data packet from said transmission host to said reception host by a resource reservation protocol substitute reply router arranged between said transmission host and said reception host,

wherein said resource reservation protocol substitute reply router comprises:

judgment means for monitoring a response message from said reception host for said verification message and making judgment whether said reception host is an equipment supporting said resource reservation protocol or not; and

substitute resource reservation protocol control means for executing a procedure of resource reservation protocol on behalf of said reception host which is judged as not supporting resource reservation protocol; and

reservation means for making reservation of resource on the route to said transmission host,

wherein said judgment means monitors an internet control message protocol message, and makes judgment whether said reception host is an equipment supporting said resource reservation protocol or not from said internet control message protocol message;

wherein said internet control message protocol message is the response message from said reception host for a Path message of resource reservation protocol that is transmitted as the verification message and transmitted to a sender of a data packet upon receipt of a packet of a not supported protocol.

7. The resource reservation protocol substitute reply system as set forth in claim 6, wherein said substitute resource reservation protocol control means generates a reserve message indicative of service quality in said transmission route for said Path message on behalf of said reception host, and transmits said reserve message to said transmission host.

8. The resource reservation protocol substitute reply system as set forth in claim 6, wherein said resource reservation protocol substitute reply router is in a network in which a plurality of the reception hosts not supporting said resource reservation protocol and the reception hosts supporting said resource reservation protocol are present in admixing manner.

9. The resource reservation protocol substitute reply system as set forth in claim 6, wherein said resource reservation protocol substitute reply router is in a network in which a plurality of the reception hosts not supporting said resource reservation protocol and the reception hosts supporting said resource reservation protocol are present in admixing manner.

10. The resource reservation protocol substitute reply system as set forth in claim 6, wherein said resource reservation protocol substitute reply router is respectively in a network consisted of the reception host not supporting said resource reservation protocol and a network consisted of the reception host supporting said resource reservation protocol.

11. A resource reservation protocol substitute reply method comprising the steps of:

transferring a verification message transmitted from a transmission host to the reception host;

acquiring guarantee of service quality of a transmission route upon transmitting data packet from said transmission host to a reception host by a resource reservation protocol substitute reply router arranged between said transmission host and said reception host,

monitoring, by said resource reservation protocol substitute reply router, a response message from said reception host for said verification message;

executing a procedure of resource reservation protocol on behalf of said reception host which is judged as not supporting resource reservation protocol; and

making reservation of resource on the route to said transmission host,

wherein said resource reservation protocol substitute reply router monitors an internet control message protocol message, and makes judgment whether said reception host is an equipment supporting said resource reservation protocol or not from said internet control message protocol message;

wherein said internet control message protocol message is the response message from said reception host for a Path message of resource reservation protocol that is transmitted as the verification message and transmitted to a sender of a data packet upon receipt of a packet of a not supported protocol.

12. The resource reservation protocol substitute reply method as set forth in claim 11, wherein said resource reservation protocol substitute reply router generates a reserve message indicative of service quality in said transmission route for said Path message on behalf of said reception host, and transmits said reserve message to said transmission host.

13. The resource reservation protocol substitute reply method as set forth in claim 11, wherein said resource reservation protocol substitute reply router is in a network in which a plurality of the reception hosts not supporting said resource reservation protocol and the reception hosts supporting said resource reservation protocol are present in admixing manner.

14. The resource reservation protocol substitute reply method as set forth in claim 11, wherein said resource reservation protocol substitute reply router is in a network in which a plurality of the reception hosts not supporting said resource reservation protocol and the reception hosts supporting said resource reservation protocol are present in admixing manner.

15. The resource reservation protocol substitute reply method as set forth in claim 11, wherein said resource reservation protocol substitute reply router is respectively in a network consisted of the reception host not supporting said resource reservation protocol and a network consisted of the reception host supporting said resource reservation protocol.