IEICE Trans - D-MENTOR Algorithm for OSPF Protocol under Delay Constrain Supporting Unicast and Multicast Traffic

D-MENTOR Algorithm for OSPF Protocol under Delay Constrain Supporting Unicast and Multicast Traffic

Annop MONSAKUL

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E99-B No.6 pp.1275-1281
Publication Date: 2016/06/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.2015EUP0005
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on European ICT R&D Project Activities on Broadband Access Technologies in Conjunction with Main Topics of 2015 IEICE ICT Forum)
Category:
Keyword:
IP network design, MENTOR algorithm, DElite tool, unicast/multicast traffic, traffic engineering,

Full Text: PDF(1.3MB)>>

Summary:
Designing a backbone IP network, especially to support both unicast and multicast traffic under delay constraints, is a difficult problem. Real network design must consider cost, performance and reliability. Therefore, a simulator can help a network designer to test the functionality of the network before the implementation. This paper proposes a heuristic design algorithm called D-MENTOR, and the algorithm was developed by programming based on Mesh Network Topological Optimization and Routing Version 2 (MENTOR-II) to integrate as a new module of DElite tool. The simulation results show that, in almost all test cases, the proposed algorithm yields lower installation cost.