dVirt: A virtualized infrastructure for experimenting BGP routing

Author

Oprescu, Iuniana ; Meulle, Mickaël ; Owezarski, Philippe

Author_Institution

Orange Labs., Orange, France

fYear

2011

fDate

4-7 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

151

Lastpage

154

Abstract

In this paper we propose dVirt, a distributed virtualized infrastructure enabling network operators to better grasp the routing mechanisms and anticipate network behavior. dVirt offers an emulated layer 2 connectivity that allows accurate simulation of IP routing and protocol dynamics. Using virtualization and Quagga routing software, we achieve scalable simulations while keeping a realistic model of the routing layer. To illustrate the benefits of simulating networks with dVirt, we study a well-known simple Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) topology subject to routing oscillations. dVirt allows for quick deployment of this topology and easy monitoring of BGP message exchanges.

Keywords

IP networks; routing protocols; telecommunication network topology; BGP message exchanges; BGP routing mechanism; IP protocol; IP routing; Quagga routing software; border gateway protocol topology; dVirt; distributed virtualized infrastructure; layer 2 connectivity; network operators; routing layer; virtualization software; Network topology; Routing; Routing protocols; Software; Topology; Virtual machine monitors; BGP; routing; simulation; virtualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks (LCN), 2011 IEEE 36th Conference on

Conference_Location

Bonn

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-926-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.2011.6115174

Filename

6115174