Salvadori, Elio and Battiti, Roberto and Ardito, Filippo (2003) Lazy Rerouting for MPLS Traffic Engineering. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
Abstract
We propose novel Traffic Engineering (TE) schemes for congestion control in MPLS networks based on a reactive mechanism. While most existing TE schemes to prevent network congestion rely on constraint-based routing (CBR), the proposed algorithms use a local search technique where the basic move is the modification of the route for a single Label Switched Path (LSP). Because modifications cause a temporary disruption in the network, a "laziness" criterion implies that moves are executed only when absolutely necessary or when the situation is very close to requiring it. Two versions of the algorithm are proposed: in the first one, called FID, an already established LSP is rerouted when a certain level of network congestion is detected, while in the second, called Lazy FID (or LFID), it is rerouted when a new LSP request cannot be satisfied. Experiments under a dynamic traffic scenario show a reduced rejection probability especially with long-lived and bandwidth consuming connection requests, thus proving a better network resource utilization compared to existing CBR schemes in MPLS networks, while guaranteeing a reduced computational complexity.
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