Title :
Overview of Enhancements to RSVP-TE to Increase Control Plane Resilience
Author :
Komolafe, O. ; Sventek, Joseph
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. femi@dcs.gla.ac.uk, joe@dcs.gla.ac.uk
Abstract :
The resource reservation protocol (RSVP) was originally proposed as a signaling protocol to be used within a QoS architecture for IP networks. However, the modularity and extensibility of the protocol has led to its adoption as a generic signaling protocol that may be used to deliver control plane information to nodes in an IP network. RSVP with traffic engineering (TE) extensions, RSVP-TE, is used for signaling in multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) networks initially and, more recently, in generalized MPLS (GMPLS) networks. GMPLS typically necessitates a separation of the control plane and the data plane, hence control plane resiliency is a key issue. This paper discusses the manner in which the standardised enhancements to RSVP-TE may be used to increase the resilience of the GMPLS control plane.
Keywords :
IP networks; multiprotocol label switching; quality of service; transport protocols; IP networks; QoS architecture; RSVP-TE; control plane information; control plane resilience; generic signaling protocol; multiprotocol label switching networks; resource reservation protocol; traffic engineering; Communication system traffic control; Computer architecture; Computer networks; IP networks; Multicast algorithms; Multiprotocol label switching; Protocols; Resilience; Scheduling algorithm; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
GMPLS Performance: Control Plane Resilience, 2007 Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Glasgow
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1351-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1352-2
DOI :
10.1109/GMPLS.2007.4362591
