Patent ID: 7272651

Claim:
A method for operating a router, comprising: receiving a first message from a client, the first message directed to a server to request a traffic flow from the server to the client; determining a sequence number of the first message; reading a second message from the server in order to determine if the message is a response to the first message, and determining if the second message is a response to the first message by checking a sequence number in the second message; reading from the first message and the second message at least one parameter of the traffic flow, the traffic flow requested by the client for the server to transmit to the client; writing the at least one parameter into a resource reservation request message (RSVP request message); transmitting, in response to the second message, the RSVP request message to the client, the RSVP message establishing a path to the client; receiving a RSVP reply message from the client, the RSVP reply message reserving resources for the requested traffic flow; receiving a data message of the traffic flow from the server; and transmitting the data message of the traffic flow with a resource reservation indicia in the data message, the resource reservation indicia to direct the data message to travel along the reserved resources.