An Automated Topological Analysis of Multiple Routing Configurations


CEVHER S., ULUTAŞ M., HÖKELEK I.

36th IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, New-Jersey, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 20 - 22 Eylül 2015, ss.99-104 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
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  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/sarnof.2015.7324651
  • Basıldığı Şehir: New-Jersey
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.99-104
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Topological changes in IP networks may significantly influence the performance of networking algorithms, which therefore should be carefully evaluated using a large topology pool with diverse characteristics. In this paper, we present an automated topology generation and analysis tool to perform an elaborate topological dependency analysis of a Multi Topology Routing based IP Fast Re-Route technology, namely Multiple Routing Configurations. Our tool is used to generate 11; 500 topologies with diverse properties by selectively varying the parameters of the existing topology generation models. Through its extensive topological diversity and in-depth analysis capabilities, we discover a significant correlation, such that MRC requires higher number of virtual topologies to provide full alternate path coverage if a network tends to have a higher number of hub nodes. The discovery of such a correlation demonstrates the effectiveness of our tool in evaluating the performance of networking algorithms. Inspired by this correlation, we propose an extension to MRC reducing its operational complexity.