Improving Resource Management in MPLS-TE Networks

Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) based Traffic
Engineering (TE)
is a common and effective resource management option
deployed
by several service providers to tackle the explosive
growth in traffic
volume.This book discusses new MPLS based TE mechanisms
capable of dealing with traffic changes while
illustrating the analysis
and performance metrics that are involved in
designing one.

Specifically, new techniques for dynamic bandwidth
allocation and
routing are proposed and developed through
simulations under
failure and non-failure scenarios. Issues related to
inter-domain
deployment are also studied.

With the emergence of numerous successful open source
efforts
that provide routing and forwarding services coupled
with
decreasing hardware costs, it is easier than before
to build testbeds
with specific goals. Design principles of an
Application Programming
Interface (API) for a platform that will allow TE
experimentation is
discussed. Sample experiments on a prototype are
illustrated for
motivating the development of open architectures that
will allow
performance analysis of custom TE techniques on
commercial
equipment.

Autorentext

Sukrit Dasgupta received his B.Tech (2003) from Sikkim ManipalInstitute of Technology, India, MS (2006) and PhD (2008) from DrexelUniversity, USA. He joined the MPLS Traffic Engineering team at Cisco in 2008 where he iscurrently a Software Engineer. His research interests are centered around Routing,Traffic Engineering and Path Computation.

Klappentext

Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) based TrafficEngineering (TE) is a common and effective resource management optiondeployed by several service providers to tackle the explosivegrowth in traffic volume.This book discusses new MPLS based TE mechanisms capable of dealing with traffic changes whileillustrating the analysis and performance metrics that are involved indesigning one. Specifically, new techniques for dynamic bandwidthallocation and routing are proposed and developed throughsimulations under failure and non-failure scenarios. Issues related tointer-domain deployment are also studied. With the emergence of numerous successful open sourceefforts that provide routing and forwarding services coupledwith decreasing hardware costs, it is easier than beforeto build testbeds with specific goals. Design principles of anApplication Programming Interface (API) for a platform that will allow TEexperimentation is discussed. Sample experiments on a prototype areillustrated for motivating the development of open architectures thatwill allow performance analysis of custom TE techniques oncommercial equipment.