This paper presents REBOOK, a resource reservation
management algorithm for packet switching network. It provides
deterministic, fast (real-time) dynamic resource allocation and
release; it can be used as an engine supporting different networkoriented
techniques for Quality of Service. Based on a stateful
approach, it handles faults and network errors, and recovers
from route changes and unexpected flows shutdown. The
distributed scheme used to store flows information avoids the
need of searching for entries within the routers’ control memory
when packets are received and guarantees constant complexity.
REBOOK can be implemented in hardware and is compatible
with any packet switching network. In the Internet, it can be
integrated in TCP or used with UDP to make it network friendly.
Moreover, a slightly extended RSVP implementation can be used
as signaling and hosting protocol. A software implementation as
standalone protocol has been developed to prove its effectiveness,
robustness, and performances.
