Simulation and analysis of traffic engineering capabilities of MPLS networks using linux test-bed

Mansoor Alam, Praveen Bethoju, Min Song

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Abstract

This paper presents different techniques to "traffic engineer" a network to effectively utilize the available resources by separating traffic flows into multiple trunks. Understanding the behavior of different types of flows is done by setting paths in a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) domain with the help of MPLS test bed on Pentium PCs running Linux and using open software. The paper shows that it is necessary to examine the flows in a MPLS network before setting up paths from a Traffic Engineering point of view. It also shows that proper planning with respect to mapping similar traffic types onto the same label switched path (LSP) will give a better performance than mapping different traffic types on to the same LSP.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication20th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications 2005, CATA 2005
Pages127-132
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2005
Event20th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications 2005, CATA 2005 - New Orleans, LA, United States
Duration: 16 Mar 200518 Mar 2005

Publication series

Name20th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications 2005, CATA 2005

Conference

Conference20th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications 2005, CATA 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans, LA
Period16/03/0518/03/05

Keywords

  • Linux
  • MPLS networks
  • Performance
  • Traffic engineering

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