Resources for Chapter 4, "Path Calculation and Setup"

Table B-4 provides information about resources related to Chapter 4's topics.

Table B-4. Chapter 4 Resources

URL/Author(s)	Title	Description	Additional Publication Information
Perlman, R.	Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols	A must-have in anyone's networking library. Radia's explanation of SPF (pages 317–319), although not exactly the same as a CSPF algorithm, is a particularly good introduction to the Dijkstra algorithm.	Published in 1999 by Addison-Wesley
www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2205.txt?number=2205	"Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP)—Version 1 Functional Specification"	The basic RSVP specification.
www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3209.txt?number=3209	"RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels"	Extensions to RSVP to signal TE tunnels.
www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2210.txt?number=2210	"The Use of RSVP with IETF Integrated Services"	This RFC defines the SENDER_TSPEC, FLOWSPEC, and ADSPEC objects used to signal QoS requirements (primarily bandwidth) in MPLS TE tunnels.