Subject: Re: AdSpec

From: Bob Braden <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 00:24:59 GMT

*> From [email-masked] Wed Feb 21 01:46:18 2001
  *> From: "Uppuluri, Srikanth (Srikanth)" <[email-masked]>
  *> To: [email-masked]
  *> Subject: AdSpec
  *> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 15:13:12 +0530
  *> MIME-Version: 1.0
  *> 
  *> Hi,
  *>    I have a question about AdSpec. From my understanding, the minimum path
  *> latency in AdSpec is used to calculate the end-end queuing delay bound. This
  *> is used to request an optimal bandwidth Reservation (R) to avoid
  *> over-reservation or reduce the probability of Reservation Request failures
  *> due to bottlenecks at intermediate nodes. 
  *> 	What happens in the absence of an AdSpec since this field is
  *> optional?
  *> 
  *> Thanks 
  *> Srikanth Uppuluri
  *> 
  *> 
  *> 

The Adspec is optional because not every service needs it.  In
particular, Controlled Load service does not require an Adspec.

Bob Braden