A survey on methods to provide interdomain multipath transmissions

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• 作者：Robert Wó ; jcik ; ^a ; ^{robert.wojcik@kt.agh.edu.pl" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}Author Vitae ; Jerzy Domżał^aAuthor Vitae ; Zbigniew Duliński^bAuthor Vitae ; Grzegorz Rzym^aAuthor Vitae ; Andrzej Kamisiński^aAuthor Vitae ; Piotr Gawłowicz^aAuthor Vitae ; Piotr Jurkiewicz^aAuthor Vitae ; Jacek Rząsa^aAuthor Vitae ; Rafał Stankiewicz^aAuthor Vitae ; Krzysztof Wajda^aAuthor Vitae
• 关键词：Routing ; Multipath ; Load balancing ; Interdomain multipath
• 刊名：Computer Networks
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：24 October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：108
• 期：Complete
• 页码：233-259
• 全文大小：3615 K

文摘

Interdomain routing relies on BGP, which does not allow multipath transmissions. Since there is usually more than one path between any pair of nodes on the Internet, it would be beneficial to have the possibility of using them at the same time. Over the years, many solutions have appeared.

In this survey, we show how 17 different approaches suggest solutions for providing interdomain multipath transmission. We divide presented mechanisms based on their relevance, starting from the most significant (assessed subjectively based on publications) and already available (implemented). Firstly, all the mechanisms are presented at a glance. Afterwards, each mechanism is described in more details. After a coherent presentation of each approach, they are compared, contrasted, and subjectively assessed. The comparison criteria include proposal visibility, additional signalling, mechanism complexity, time scale of operation, provided routing type, and path choice entities or path setup procedure. The goal of the survey is to show that there are numerous approaches to providing interdomain multipath transmissions in current IP-based networks.