Patent ID: 7873053

Claim:
A method for reserving network resources for pseudo point-to-point connections based on an idempotent resource reservation protocol, said method comprising: encoding, into a resource reservation signaling message a group identifier assigned to a group of pseudo point-to-point connections established between a root node and at least one leaf node and a sub-group identifier assigned to a sub-group of pseudo point-to-point connections out of said group of pseudo point-to-point connections, which sub-group of pseudo point-to-point connections sharing a common network tunnel established between a previous signaling hop and a next signaling hop; aggregating, into said resource reservation signaling message, resource reservation signaling related to said sub-group of pseudo point-to-point connections by based on said group identifier and said sub-group identifier; and exchanging said resource reservation signaling message between said previous signaling hop and said next signaling hop.