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RE: IGP tuning for TE versus MPLS-TE

  • From: Daniel Jackson <daniel@cplane.com>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 10:58:20 -0800
  • Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 15:48:45 -0500
  • To: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com

The article in IEEE communications and the article Mathew referenced
are the same article.  See http://www.research.att.com/~jrex

[The group at ATT research has written a bunch of great papers.  It's
well worth a look.]

Daniel

Islam, Aziz writes:
 > Folks,
 > Another well-written article can be found in the October issue of IEEE
 > Communications magazine. The title is "Traffic Engineering with Traditional
 > IP Routing Protocols".
 >  
 > 
 > Aziz S. Islam
 > Sr.Infrastructure Splst.- CCIE(R/S)
 > EDS-Design Engineering
 > 33 Yonge Street; Suite 400
 > Toronto, Ontario M5E 1G4
 > CANADA
 > phone: (416)814-1696
 > pager: (416)517-4985
 >  <mailto:aziz.islam@eds.com> mailto:aziz.islam@eds.com
 >  <http://www.eds.com/> http://www.eds.com
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Mathew Lodge [mailto:Mathew@CPlane.com]
 > Sent: October 30, 2002 11:25 AM
 > To: alok; M. ELK
 > Cc: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com
 > Subject: Re: [MPLS-OPS]: IGP tuning for TE versus MPLS-TE 
 > 
 > 
 > All,
 > 
 > There is an excellent discussion of optimal routing done via IGP metrics (no
 > MPLS) vs. explicit path selection (MPLS TE) from AT&T. You can find it at
 > 
 > http://www.research.att.com/~jrex/papers/ieeecomm02.long.ps
 > <http://www.research.att.com/~jrex/papers/ieeecomm02.long.ps> 
 > http://www.research.att.com/~jrex/papers/ieeecomm02.long.pdf
 > <http://www.research.att.com/~jrex/papers/ieeecomm02.long.pdf> 
 > 
 > Note that this paper is a discussion of theory -- i.e., it addresses how
 > close can you get to optimal routing using Dijkstra's SPF algorithm with
 > judicious link weight selection, and what happens to the efficiency of the
 > network when links fail and IGP re-routes traffic. In practice, I wonder how
 > disruptive it would be to a regular IP network to go around tinkering with
 > the link weights on every router with an offline TE tool (which this
 > approach mandates).
 > 
 > Cheers,
 > 
 > Mathew
 > 
 > 
 > At 03:26 PM 10/30/2002 +0530, alok wrote:
 > 
 > 
 > what do u do for "non ip" traffic ;o)
 >  
 > can u "TE" it too with IGP tunning?
 >  
 >  
 >  
 > -rgds
 > alok
 > 
 > 
 > ----- Original Message ----- 
 > From: M. ELK <mailto:elkou141061@hotmail.com>  
 > To: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com <mailto:mpls-ops@mplsrc.com>  
 > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 3:01 PM
 > Subject: [MPLS-OPS]: IGP tuning for TE versus MPLS-TE 
 > 
 > Their is some hot debate previously on this list about an article on MPLS
 > which stated that no need for MPLS ,anyhow the conclusion from this debate
 > was that the writer of such article is clueless . 
 > here is a doc from sprint which state exactly the same :
 > http://www.sprintbiz.com/business/resources/resource/SprintCiscoMPLS.pdf
 > <http://www.sprintbiz.com/business/resources/resource/SprintCiscoMPLS.pdf> 
 > (guess ,could not state that they are clueless too . also the doc have the
 > cisco logo ) .
 >  
 > need not to start another hot debate ,just need U comment on the possibility
 > and limitation of TE by tuning IGP versus MPLS-TE , any other provider 
 > droped MPLS-TE favoring IGP tunning ? . 
 >  
 > Brgds 
 > 
 > 
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 > class=352351118-30102002>Folks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
 > <DIV><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN class=352351118-30102002>Another 
 > well-written article can be found in the October issue of IEEE Communications 
 > magazine. The title is "Traffic Engineering with Traditional IP Routing 
 > Protocols".</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
 > <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
 > <P><FONT face="Courier New">Aziz S. Islam<BR>Sr.Infrastructure Splst.- 
 > CCIE(R/S)<BR>EDS-Design Engineering<BR>33 Yonge Street; Suite 400<BR>Toronto, 
 > Ontario M5E 1G4<BR>CANADA<BR>phone: (416)814-1696<BR>pager: 
 > (416)517-4985<BR></FONT><A href="mailto:aziz.islam@eds.com"><FONT 
 > face="Courier New">mailto:aziz.islam@eds.com</FONT></A><BR><A 
 > href="http://www.eds.com/" target=_blank><FONT 
 > face="Courier New">http://www.eds.com</FONT></A><BR><BR></P>
 > <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
 >   <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma 
 >   size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Mathew Lodge 
 >   [mailto:Mathew@CPlane.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> October 30, 2002 11:25 
 >   AM<BR><B>To:</B> alok; M. ELK<BR><B>Cc:</B> 
 >   mpls-ops@mplsrc.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [MPLS-OPS]: IGP tuning for TE 
 >   versus MPLS-TE <BR><BR></DIV></FONT>All,<BR><BR>There is an excellent 
 >   discussion of optimal routing done via IGP metrics (no MPLS) vs. explicit path 
 >   selection (MPLS TE) from AT&amp;T. You can find it at<BR><BR><A 
 >   href="http://www.research.att.com/~jrex/papers/ieeecomm02.long.ps" 
 >   eudora="autourl">http://www.research.att.com/~jrex/papers/ieeecomm02.long.ps</A><BR><A 
 >   href="http://www.research.att.com/~jrex/papers/ieeecomm02.long.pdf" 
 >   eudora="autourl">http://www.research.att.com/~jrex/papers/ieeecomm02.long.pdf</A><BR><BR>Note 
 >   that this paper is a discussion of theory -- i.e., it addresses how close can 
 >   you get to optimal routing using Dijkstra's SPF algorithm with judicious link 
 >   weight selection, and what happens to the efficiency of the network when links 
 >   fail and IGP re-routes traffic. In practice, I wonder how disruptive it would 
 >   be to a regular IP network to go around tinkering with the link weights on 
 >   every router with an offline TE tool (which this approach 
 >   mandates).<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Mathew<BR><BR><BR>At 03:26 PM 10/30/2002 
 >   +0530, alok wrote:<BR>
 >   <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite type="cite"><FONT face=arial>what do u do for 
 >     "non ip" traffic ;o)</FONT><BR>&nbsp;<BR><FONT face=arial>can u "TE" it too 
 >     with IGP tunning?</FONT><BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;<BR><FONT 
 >     face=arial>-rgds</FONT><BR><FONT face=arial>alok</FONT><BR>
 >     <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite type="cite">----- Original Message ----- 
 >       <BR><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:elkou141061@hotmail.com">M. ELK</A> 
 >       <BR><B>To:</B> <A 
 >       href="mailto:mpls-ops@mplsrc.com">mpls-ops@mplsrc.com</A> <BR><B>Sent:</B> 
 >       Wednesday, October 30, 2002 3:01 PM<BR><B>Subject:</B> [MPLS-OPS]: IGP 
 >       tuning for TE versus MPLS-TE <BR><BR>Their is some hot debate previously 
 >       on this list about an article on MPLS which stated that no need for MPLS 
 >       ,anyhow the conclusion from this debate was that the writer of such 
 >       article is clueless . <BR>here is a doc from sprint which state exactly 
 >       the same :<BR><A 
 >       href="http://www.sprintbiz.com/business/resources/resource/SprintCiscoMPLS.pdf">http://www.sprintbiz.com/business/resources/resource/SprintCiscoMPLS.pdf</A><BR>(guess 
 >       ,could not state that they are clueless too . also the doc have the cisco 
 >       logo ) .<BR>&nbsp;<BR>need not to start another hot debate ,just need U 
 >       comment on the possibility<BR>and limitation of TE by tuning IGP versus 
 >       MPLS-TE , any other provider <BR>droped MPLS-TE favoring IGP tunning ? . 
 >       <BR>&nbsp;<BR>Brgds <BR><BR>
 >       <HR>
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 >     <P></X-SIGSEP>| Mathew 
 >     Lodge&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 >     | mathew@cplane.com&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; |<BR>| Director, Product 
 >     Management | Ph: +1 408 789 4068&nbsp;&nbsp; |<BR>| CPlane, 
 >     Inc.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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