RSVP Bundle Extension in OPNET Modeler: Implementation and Evaluation

The Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) represents one of the most important protocols in the field of Quality of Service (QoS). Over time different extensions of RSVP have been proposed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in order to mitigate the scalability issue of the protocol. The RSVP Bundle extension is such a scalability extension. Most important network simulation tools do not have an implementation of the RSVP Bundle extension, thus making it hard to analyze the scalability of RSVP and the behavior of the protocol in complex scenarios that might use the aforementioned extension. This paper presents the implementation and evaluation of the RSVP Bundle Extension in OPNET Modeler. Technical aspects that can help researchers implement or modify different RSVP extensions in OPNET Modeler are presented.