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Virtual Space (VS) Routing Algorithm

A highly scalable, fast and dynamic routing scheme using VS representation has been developed. Performance analysis of the VS based routing scheme is being carried out with the Network Simulator.
 

 

 

SPONSORED PROJECTS:

  • Department of Information Technology sponsored project for performance evaluation of VS Routing  Algorithm.

Performance analysis of the VS based routing scheme is being carried out with the Network Simulator.

 

Implementation of real-time routing protocol on Linux platform
--
Phani - M.Tech (KReSIT) - 2005
 

A real-time routing protocol has been implemented in Linux. The control plane functionality , which includes both dynamic cost mechanism and 'hello' packet have been implemented in a modular fashion. Hashing mechanism is used to store the packet next hop interface for fast path computation. Hello packet provides routing scheme quicker failure recovery. API has been provided to access the VS routing scheme control parameters from an application.
 

  • INTEL sponsored project on Network Processor:

Research is carried out on the use of Network Processors in the field of network system design. Current research focuses on both layer 2 and layer 3 implementations on Network Processor.

The lab posseses Intel Network Processor Evaluation Platform for following processors:

  • IXP 1200

  • IXP 2400

 

Implementation of Scalable Ethernet bridge with Auto-discovery and Auto-updates using Network Processor
--H.P.Shringarpure, G.P.Saraph and D. Majumdar, National Conference on Communications (NCC) 2006, New Delhi.


 

Intel's Network processor platform is used for implementation of a scalable ethernet bridge. The auto-discovery functionality for addition of new nodes and the update functionality have been implemented. The multiprocessing and multithreading capabilities of IXP have been exploited to have an optimized implementation.

 

Implementation of Dynamic Routing Algorithm on IXP 1200 Network Processor
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Darshan Mujumdar DD (EE) - 2005


 

Intel’s IXP1200 Network Processor is used for implementing a traffic engineering solution at the routing level. A dynamic, real-time routing algorithm has been implemented on the IXP1200 and its performance evaluation has been carried out.
 

Implementation of Protocol Independent Multicast -Sparse Mode on IXP 1200/2400 Network Processor Platform

-- Girish Dadhich, Himanshu Shringarpure, Prakshep Mehta, Supriyo Chakraborty
 

The PIM-SM mode for multicasting over a network was implemented over the IXP 1200/2400 Network Processor platform. The project was presented at INTEL IXA Student Research Contest, held at Bangalore in  Sept 2005 and won the 1st Runners-up position.

TRAFFIC ENGINEERING & QOS :

 

Setup of MPLS test-bed and implementation of DiffServ over MPLS-TE
--S
undeep Singh- DD (EE) - 2005

 

A test-bed consisting of seven Linux machines, five of which are configured as DiffServ over MPLS routers, has been set up. Linux traffic control filters, used for queuing and scheduling, are implemented. A custom MPLS scalar MIB is written and the Net-SNMP (open source SNMP protocol suite) code, for querying the custom MPLS MIB, has been extended.
 

End-to-end QoS in Interdomain routing
--Nishant Kumar- DD (CSE) - 2005
 

A novel approach to achieve end-to-end QoS support by proposing a new Alliance Network model, comprising of several ASes from different tiers has been developed. The most important aspect of the proposed model is its compatibility with existing BGP infrastructure, and providing evolutionary path for QoS support. The Alliance Network sets-up interdomain paths for premium traffic, requiring specific QoS guarantee, while the traditional BGP traffic continues in a normal fashion. OPNET, a comprehensive development tool for modeling of communication networks is used to implement BGP on a designed network topology.

 

Optimization in SONET-WDM ring networks and P2MP multicast tree:
 


Reduction of ADMs in SONET-WDM rings under stochastically varying traffic and Optimisation of P2MP multicast tree
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-Gaurav Bhati - DD (EE) - 2005
 

Two NP class optimization problems in networking have been tackled and heuristic solutions to each one, were found. First problem deals with reduction of ADMs in SONET-WDM ring networks. The second problem is Optimization of P2MP multicast LSP trees. The nature of internet traffic was assessed and a framework for the stochastic analysis of internet traffic was formulated. a heuristic called as the ‘‘least loaded ADM elimination’’ for the ADM reduction problem has been proposed. Optimal P2MP multicast trees is a NP-complete problem since it can be converted into Steiner minimal tree problem. Hence, for large networks the computational complexity becomes very high. Therefore, heuristics were used to construct trees which are computationally feasible and utilize near optimal bandwidth.
 


Recent papers 

  1. "Traffic Engineering and Network Planning Tools for MPLS Networks", Dr. Girish P. Saraph, South Asian Network Operators Group VII (SANOG), January 2006, Mumbai, India.

  2. "Diffserv over MPLS : Tuning QOS parameters for converged traffic using linux traffic control", Sundeep B. Singh and Girish P. Saraph, National Conference on Communications (NCC) 2006, New Delhi.

  3. "Implementation of scalable Ethernet bridge with Auto-discovery and Auto-updates using network processor", H.P.Shringarpure, G.P.Saraph and D. Majumdar, National Conference on Communications (NCC) 2006, New Delhi.

  4. "Highly Scalable and Dynamic traffic engineering scheme for MPLS Networks", Girish P. Saraph, MPLS world congress 2005, Paris, France.

  5. "Converged communication Networks", Girish P. Saraph, Electronics and Information Technology Exposition (ELITEX) 2005, New Delhi.

  6. "Implementation and performance evaluation of packet forwarding scheme based on VS routing scheme on the network processor platform", Darshan V. Mujumdar, Himanshu P. Shringarpure and Girish P. Saraph, INTEL IXA Education Summit 2005, Hudson, Massachusetts, USA.

  7.  “Traffic Engineering using New VS Routing Scheme, G. P. Saraph and P. Singh, The IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2004), Paris, June 2004.

  8. “New Scheme for IP Routing and Traffic Engineering, G. P. Saraph and P. Singh, High Performance Switching and Routing Conf. (HPSR-2003), Torino, Italy, June 2003.

  9.  “Simulation of IP over ATM over SONET Layered Architecture, V. Shah and G. P. Saraph, 9th National Conference on Communications (NCC 2003), Chennai, Feb. 2003.

  10. “IP over ATM over SONET Implementation, V. Shah and G. P. Saraph, Academia Industry Meet (AIM 2002), I.I.T., Mumbai, Jun. 2002.

 

 

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