Stable and flexible iBGP

dc.contributor.authorFlavel, A.
dc.contributor.authorRoughan, M.
dc.contributor.conferenceAssociation for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Data Communication conference (2009 : Barcelona, Spain)
dc.contributor.editorRodriguez, P.
dc.contributor.editorBiersack, E.W.
dc.contributor.editorPapagiannaki, K.
dc.contributor.editorRizzo, L.
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionAlso cited as: Computer Communication Review; 39(4):183-194
dc.description.abstractRouting oscillation is highly detrimental. It can decrease performance and lead to a high level of update churn placing unnecessary workload on router the problem is distributed between many providers. However, iBGP — the routing protocol used to distribute routes inside a single Autonomous System —has also been shown to oscillate. Despite the fact that iBGP is configured by a single provider according to apparently straight forward rules, more than eight years of research has not solved the problem of iBGP oscillation. Various solutions have been proposed but they all lack critical features: either they are complicated to implement, restrict routing flexibility, or lack guarantees of stability. In this paper we propose a very simple adaptation to the BGP decision process. Despite its simplicity and negligible cost we prove algebraically that it prevents iBGP oscillation. We extend the idea to provide routing flexibility, such as respecting the MED attribute, without sacrificing network stability.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAshley Flavel and Matthew Roughan
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of SIGCOMM, held in Barcelona, Spain August 17–21, 2009: pp.183-194.
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/1594977.1592591
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-60558-594-9
dc.identifier.issn0146-4833
dc.identifier.issn1943-5819
dc.identifier.orcidRoughan, M. [0000-0002-7882-7329]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/57243
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
dc.publisher.placeNew York
dc.source.urihttp://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1592591
dc.subjectRouting
dc.subjectBGP
dc.subjectStability
dc.subjectMetarouting
dc.titleStable and flexible iBGP
dc.typeConference paper
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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