The Real-Time Channel Administration Protocol

			Anindo Banerjea
			     and
			 Bruce A. Mah

			    ABSTRACT

The Real-time Channel Administration Protocol (RCAP) provides control
and administration services for the Tenet real-time protocol suite, a
connection-oriented suite of network and transport layer protocols for
real-time communication.  RCAP performs per-channel reservation of
network resources based on worst-case analysis to provide hard
guarantees on delay, jitter, and packet loss bounds.  It uses a
hierarchical approach to provide these guarantees across a
heterogeneous internetwork environment.

In this paper, we outline our assumptions and approaches to real-time
communication.  We then describe the service provided by RCAP, the
protocol itself, our plans for implementation, and current status of
our research.