Method for aiding the reservation of resources for a packet switched network, and associated management device and aid device
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsGael Mace, Jean Le Roux, Claude Chapel
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Abstract
A method intended to aid in the reservation of resources within a packet-switched communication network (CR) comprising a number N of relaying nodes (S1-S4). This method consists i), in determining for some at least of the N nodes (S1-S4) at least one resource reservation plan Pik defined by a plan identifier associated with a stream identifier and at least two ports, and ii) in memorizing for each of the N nodes (S1-S4) the various plans Pik relating to them.
Claims19
A management device for managing resource reservations for a packet-switched communication network comprising N relaying nodes, said resource reservation being established following a reservation plan for each of said N relaying nodes,
- the management device comprises:
- a management module that determines a combination of N resource reservation plans that must be used respectively by said N relaying nodes, from among a set of resource reservation plans associated with said N relaying nodes and each of the N resource reservation plans being defined by a plan identifier characterizing said reservation plan to be used by one of said N relaying nodes and associated with at least one stream identifier and at least two ports of said one of said N relaying nodes,
- a storage that stores information on said set of resource reservation plans, and
- a signal transmitter that transmits a signal comprising said plan identifier characterizing said reservation plan to be used by said one of said N relaying nodes for each of said N resource reservation plans of said determined combination, to the one of said N relaying nodes.
A method for managing resource reservations for a packet-switched communication network comprising N relaying nodes, said resource reservation being established following a reservation plan for each of said N relaying nodes, comprising:
- storing information on a set of resource reservation plans,
- determining a combination of N resource reservation plans that must be used respectively by said N relaying nodes, from among a set of resource reservation plans associated with said N relaying nodes and each defined by a plan identifier characterizing said reservation plan to be used by one of said N relaying nodes and associated with at least one stream identifier and at least two ports of said one of said N relaying nodes,
- transmitting a signal comprising said plan identifier characterizing said reservation plan to be used by said one of said N relaying nodes for each of said N resource reservation plans of said determined combination, to the attention of said one of said N relaying nodes.
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