Title :
Fault detection in routing protocols
Author :
Massey, Daniel ; Fenner, Bill
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
31 Oct.-3 Nov. 1999
Abstract :
Routing protocol faults cause problems ranging from an inability to communicate to excessive routing overhead. This paper proposes a system for detecting a wide range of routing protocol faults. The system deploys virtual routers called RouteMonitors to monitor a routing protocol. We deployed RouteMonitors in the MBone DVMRP infrastructure and uncovered a number of faults. We were also able to identify the cause of these errors and deploy fixes. The result was a substantial improvement in DVMRP route stability. This paper reviews the RouteMonitor approach and details the results achieved in the MBone.
Keywords :
fault location; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; MBone DVMRP infrastructure; RouteMonitors; fault detection; routing protocols; virtual routers; Computer science; Electric breakdown; Fault detection; Fault diagnosis; Hardware; Monitoring; Page description languages; Read only memory; Routing protocols; Watches;
Conference_Titel :
Network Protocols, 1999. (ICNP '99) Proceedings. Seventh International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0412-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICNP.1999.801913
