A resource reservation apparatus reserving a resource on a second and third route connecting a start with end node of the first route over a network having a resource on a first route, includes a resource controller for defining a fourth route including a link obtained by excluding a common link between the first and second route and between the first and third route from a link included in the first, second or third route, a message generator for generating a message used for reserving a resource of the link included in the fourth route and transmitting the message to a node on the fourth route, and a message processor for transmitting a message used for generating the second and third route from the resource on the first route and on the fourth route reserved by the message generator to a node included in the second or third route.