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P2MP MPLS-Based Hierarchical Service Management System

Kenji KUMAKI, Ikuo NAKAGAWA, Kenichi NAGAMI, Tomohiko OGISHI, Shigehiro ANO

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This paper proposes a point-to-multipoint (P2MP) Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) based hierarchical service management system. Traditionally, general management systems deployed in some service providers control MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs) (e.g., RSVP-TE and LDP) and services (e.g., L2VPN, L3VPN and IP) separately. In order for dedicated management systems for MPLS LSPs and services to cooperate with each other automatically, a hierarchical service management system has been proposed with the main focus on point-to-point (P2P) TE LSPs in MPLS path management. In the case where P2MP TE LSPs and services are deployed in MPLS networks, the dedicated management systems for P2MP TE LSPs and services must work together automatically. Therefore, this paper proposes a new algorithm that uses a correlation between P2MP TE LSPs and multicast VPN services based on a P2MP MPLS-based hierarchical service management architecture. Also, the capacity and performance of the proposed algorithm are evaluated by simulations, which are actually based on certain real MPLS production networks, and are compared to that of the algorithm for P2P TE LSPs. Results show this system is very scalable within real MPLS production networks. This system, with the automatic correlation, appears to be deployable in real MPLS production networks.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E92-B No.4 pp.1094-1103
Publication Date
2009/04/01
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1745-1345
DOI
10.1587/transcom.E92.B.1094
Type of Manuscript
Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Internet Technology and its Architecture for Ambient Information Systems)
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