NDLI: Automatic Discovery of Physical Topology in Heterogeneous Multi-Vendor Ethernet Networks

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Farkas, J. Salvador, M.R. de Oliveira, V.G. dos Santos, G.C.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Traffic Anal. & Network Performance Lab., Ericsson Res., Budapest (Farkas, J.)
Abstract	Automatic discovery of physical topology in support of network management is essential for Ethernet to succeed in metropolitan networks. Nevertheless, to date there is no mechanism capable of automatically discovering the physical topology of Ethernet networks in a heterogeneous multi-vendor environment. This paper introduces such a mechanism. The algorithm collects information available even in low-cost off-the- shelf Ethernet switches, calculates the physical topology of the entire network and keeps the topological view updated during normal network operation as changes in the topology occur. This paper describes the method and its implementation in a testbed network for assessing the performance and the robustness of the mechanism.
Starting Page	2055
Ending Page	2060
File Size	249376
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424420759
DOI	10.1109/ICC.2008.394
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-05-19
Publisher Place	China
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Network topology Ethernet networks Telecommunication network topology Switches Protocols Telecommunication traffic Research and development Resource management Communications Society Performance analysis
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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