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RSVP: Resource
Reservation Protocol
Traditional broadcasting of data assumes that there is a path from the source to the
destination and that there is no need to establish or provision bandwidth, links,
or buffers. Hence, whatever is received at the destination is subject to the limita-
tions of the path separating the transmitter and the receiver. is simple model,
which has worked for telecommunication engineers over many years, fails miser-
ably when the data to be transported is digital and in packet form. It fails at various
points along the route to the destination because routers and links may have vary-
ing bandwidths and spee ...