Delay-based adaptive load balancing in MPLS networks

Author

Gao, Deyun ; Shu, Yantai ; Liu, Shuo ; Yang, Oliver W W

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Tianjin Univ., China

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

1184

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a new adaptive load balancing mechanism for MPLS networks in that core LSRs are not required to perform traffic engineering. Based on measurements, we obtain the average one-way delay between a pair of label switched routers (LSR), and dynamically distribute traffic load among multiple label switched paths (LSP) according to this average. Simulation results indicate that our approach improves end-to-end throughput and decreases packet loss probability. Our work demonstrates that our algorithm is robust and simple to use.

Keywords

Internet; delays; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; MPLS networks; average one-way delay; core LSRs; delay-based adaptive load balancing; end-to-end throughput; label switched paths; label switched routers; multiprotocol label switching; packet loss probability; traffic load; Communication system traffic control; Delay; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Load management; Multiprotocol label switching; Packet switching; Telecommunication traffic; Tellurium; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2002. ICC 2002. IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7400-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2002.997037

Filename

997037