On the challenges of establishing disjoint QoS IP/MPLS paths across multiple domains

MPLS is being actively adopted as the core switching infrastructure at the intradomain level. This trend is mainly attributable to the undeniable potential of MPLS in terms of virtual private networks (VPNs) management, traffic engineering (TE), QoS delivery, path protection, and fast recovery from...

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Autores: Yannuzzi, Marcelo, Masip Bruin, Xavier|||0000-0002-4755-556X, Sánchez López, Sergio|||0000-0002-3922-2298, Domingo Pascual, Jordi|||0000-0001-6277-7542, Orda, A, Sprintson, A
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/9662
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/9662
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2006.273101
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Telecommunication -- Traffic
Network performance (Telecommunication)
Protocols de xarxes d'ordinadors
Telecomunicació -- Dispositius de distribució
MPLS (Protocols de xarxes d'ordinadors
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Telemàtica i xarxes d'ordinadors
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Sumario:MPLS is being actively adopted as the core switching infrastructure at the intradomain level. This trend is mainly attributable to the undeniable potential of MPLS in terms of virtual private networks (VPNs) management, traffic engineering (TE), QoS delivery, path protection, and fast recovery from network failures. However, little progress has been made to attain the expected extension of MPLS label-switched paths (LSPs) across domain boundaries. Among the problems that remain unsolved is how to efficiently find and establish primary and protection interdomain LSPs for mission-critical services subject to QoS constraints. This article explores the major limitations hindering the deployment of these kinds of LSPs across multiple domains, in the context of the current interdomain network model. We describe the critical problems faced by the research community, and present our vision on how to rationally overcome some of the problems exposed. Our perspective is that we should be prepared for rather coarse-grained solutions as long as we need to coexist with the current interdomain network model