Implementation of the multicast LDP protocol on the FPGA chips

Due to a continuous rise in Internet traffic and the appearance of new services, the use of IP protocol routing can lead to the congestion of the network resources. Because of this, the modern networks use the MPLS technology to enable support to a wide spectrum of services and make Internet traffic management more efficient. Multicast traffic is becoming more popular on the Internet, so the MPLS must efficiently support multicast traffic as well. This paper proposes the hardware implementation of the control protocol which should enable the exchange and updating of labels used for multicast traffic (mLDP). Advantage of the presented hardware implementation is that it could support higher scalability and more dynamic traffic compared to the standard, software solutions. We will examine performance of the implementation in terms of the resources that it consumes, as well as the possibilities for its further improvement.