Traffic engineering in enterprise ethernet with multiple spanning tree regions

Author

Padmaraj, M. ; Nair, S. ; Marchetti, M. ; Chiruvolu, G. ; Ali, M.

Author_Institution

HACNet Labs, Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

14-17 Aug. 2005

Firstpage

261

Lastpage

266

Abstract

IEEE 802.1s multiple spanning tree protocol (MSTP) is part of a family of standards for local and metropolitan area networks based on Ethernet protocol. MSTP allows a set of regions to be defined whose logical union spans the entire network, which in turn defines the association between VLANs and Spanning Tree Instances. In this paper we propose an algorithmic approach for constructing multiple spanning tree regions in the enterprise network domain which will provide better convergence time, reusability of VLAN tags, protection from failures, and optimal broadcast domain size.

Keywords

business communication; local area networks; protocols; telecommunication traffic; IEEE 802.1s; MSTP; VLAN tags; VLANs; algorithmic approach; convergence time; enterprise Ethernet; enterprise network; failures; logical union; multiple spanning tree protocol; multiple spanning tree regions; optimal broadcast domain size; reusability; traffic engineering; Convergence; Ethernet networks; Maintenance engineering; Metropolitan area networks; Protection; Protocols; Sociotechnical systems; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; USA Councils;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems Communications, 2005. Proceedings

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2422-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICW.2005.78

Filename

1515535