Comparative analysis of OSPF and MPLS unicast IP routing on fragmentation / Suraya Zainuddin

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a standard architecture proposed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that integrates label swapping forwarding with network layer routing. It is a promising effort in order to deliver better network performance. MPLS is acknowledged and widely been u...

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Main Author: Zainuddin, Suraya
Format: Thesis
Language:en
Published: 2015
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/80287/1/80287.pdf
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description Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a standard architecture proposed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that integrates label swapping forwarding with network layer routing. It is a promising effort in order to deliver better network performance. MPLS is acknowledged and widely been used to overcome drawbacks introduce by traditional IP routing. This paper discussed on the network performance with the effect of packet fragmentation over IP and MPLS networks. In real implementation, fragmented IPv4 traffic causes a lot of problem such as increase load at router CPUs and also result in poor performance or even total communication failure. In addition, traffic fragmentation is used in numerous network attacks. Thus, we want to avoid the fragmentation at all or ensure the network is insulated from fragmented traffic. However, in some cases when using IPv4 fragmentation is unavoidable. Simulation models were developed using Graphical Network Simulator GNS3 to compare performance of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and MPLS network. Performance is determined by Round-Trip-Time (RTT), calculated throughput and packet loss. Analysis shows different protocols, data sizes and MTUs influence network performance. OSPF provides better RTT and throughput compared to MPLS with default MTU setting. However, better RTT and calculated throughput performance can be achieved by increasing the MTU for interface, IP and MPLS. Finally, the study also indicates packet fragmentation could degrades network performance in both network topologies.
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spelling my.uitm.ir-802872023-09-26T02:29:11Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/80287/ Comparative analysis of OSPF and MPLS unicast IP routing on fragmentation / Suraya Zainuddin Zainuddin, Suraya Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a standard architecture proposed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that integrates label swapping forwarding with network layer routing. It is a promising effort in order to deliver better network performance. MPLS is acknowledged and widely been used to overcome drawbacks introduce by traditional IP routing. This paper discussed on the network performance with the effect of packet fragmentation over IP and MPLS networks. In real implementation, fragmented IPv4 traffic causes a lot of problem such as increase load at router CPUs and also result in poor performance or even total communication failure. In addition, traffic fragmentation is used in numerous network attacks. Thus, we want to avoid the fragmentation at all or ensure the network is insulated from fragmented traffic. However, in some cases when using IPv4 fragmentation is unavoidable. Simulation models were developed using Graphical Network Simulator GNS3 to compare performance of Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and MPLS network. Performance is determined by Round-Trip-Time (RTT), calculated throughput and packet loss. Analysis shows different protocols, data sizes and MTUs influence network performance. OSPF provides better RTT and throughput compared to MPLS with default MTU setting. However, better RTT and calculated throughput performance can be achieved by increasing the MTU for interface, IP and MPLS. Finally, the study also indicates packet fragmentation could degrades network performance in both network topologies. 2015 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/80287/1/80287.pdf Comparative analysis of OSPF and MPLS unicast IP routing on fragmentation / Suraya Zainuddin. (2015) Masters thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM).
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Comparative analysis of OSPF and MPLS unicast IP routing on fragmentation / Suraya Zainuddin
title Comparative analysis of OSPF and MPLS unicast IP routing on fragmentation / Suraya Zainuddin
title_full Comparative analysis of OSPF and MPLS unicast IP routing on fragmentation / Suraya Zainuddin
title_fullStr Comparative analysis of OSPF and MPLS unicast IP routing on fragmentation / Suraya Zainuddin
title_full_unstemmed Comparative analysis of OSPF and MPLS unicast IP routing on fragmentation / Suraya Zainuddin
title_short Comparative analysis of OSPF and MPLS unicast IP routing on fragmentation / Suraya Zainuddin
title_sort comparative analysis of ospf and mpls unicast ip routing on fragmentation / suraya zainuddin
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/80287/1/80287.pdf
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