ENSC 835 Project Proposal =96 Spring 2002

Ivy Chow ischow@sfu.ca

Horace Yat-Hong Chan horace_chan@pmc-sierra.com

Sameer Khushal skhushal@sfu.ca

Using MPLS as the backbone technology for large IP networks = packets can be controlled more easily than in best effort forwarding. = An evaluation of routing algorithms and network topologies will be = made. Topics investigated are efficiency and quality of service. Opnet = will be used as the primary tool of investigation.

[1] Bruce Davie and Yakov Rekhter, MPLS Technology and = Applications, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2000

[2] Daniel Awduche and Yakov Rekhter, Multiprotocol Lamba Switching: = Combining MPLS Traffic Engineering Control with Optical Crossconnects, = IEEE Communication Magazine, pp.111-116, March 2001.

[3] Satoshi Kamei and Takumi Kimura, Evaluation of Routing = Algorithms and Network Topologies for MPLS Traffic Engineering, Global = Telecommunications Conference, 2001. GLOBECOM '01. IEEE , Volume: 1, = pp. 25-29, 2001

[4] Jeremy Lawrence, Designing Multiprotocol Label Switching = Networks, IEEE Communication Magazine, pp. 134-142, July 2001

[5] Greg Bernstein, Eric Mannie and Vishal Sharma, Framework for = MPLS-Based Control of Optical SDH/SONET Networks, IEEE Network, pp. = 20-26, July 2001