The plan is to hold an interim RSVP WG meeting, probably at Cisco during April, to try to reach agreement on this spec, hopefully combining the Berger and the Zhang approaches. Mapping between e2e and tunnel sessions is now initiated by e2e RESV messages, to be consistent with the int-serv model. A complication of the latter form is that the destination address cannot be used within the tunnel for classification. The chairs, in consultation with the Area Director, have decided that it is time for the RSVP working group to terminate. It has accomplished its major goals, and the primary specifications are or soon will be Proposed Standards.
Industry is now busy implementing and testing the results.
Meanwhile, there is a lack of energy in the current RSVP group for substantive new protocol design work. There is also considerable confusion over the basic design goals of diffserv and intserv, and how the pieces of Internet QoS will fit together. It is time to take stock, perhaps have some new BOFs, and generate new working groups with new foci. There is also a problem of availability of chairs. Michael Speer asked about whether RSVP should go to Draft Standard soon.