TY - JOUR
T1 - HLP
T2 - A next generation inter-domain routing protocol
AU - Subramanian, Lakshminarayanan
AU - Caesar, Matthew
AU - Ee, Cheng Tien
AU - Handley, Mark
AU - Mao, Morley
AU - Shenker, Scott
AU - Stoica, Ion
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - It is well-known that BGP, the current inter-domain routing protocol, has many deficiencies. This paper describes a hybrid link-state and path-vector protocol called HLP as an alternative to BGP that has vastly better scalability, isolation and convergence properties. Using current BGP routing information, we show that HLP, in comparison to BGP, can reduce the churn-rate of route updates by a factor 400 as well as isolate the effect of routing events to a region 100 times smaller than that of BGP. For a majority of Internet routes, HLP guarantees worst-case linear-time convergence. We also describe a prototype implementation of HLP on top of the XORP router platform. HLP is not intended to be a finished and final proposal for a replacement for BGP, but is instead offered as a starting point for debates about the nature of the next-generation inter-domain routing protocol.
AB - It is well-known that BGP, the current inter-domain routing protocol, has many deficiencies. This paper describes a hybrid link-state and path-vector protocol called HLP as an alternative to BGP that has vastly better scalability, isolation and convergence properties. Using current BGP routing information, we show that HLP, in comparison to BGP, can reduce the churn-rate of route updates by a factor 400 as well as isolate the effect of routing events to a region 100 times smaller than that of BGP. For a majority of Internet routes, HLP guarantees worst-case linear-time convergence. We also describe a prototype implementation of HLP on top of the XORP router platform. HLP is not intended to be a finished and final proposal for a replacement for BGP, but is instead offered as a starting point for debates about the nature of the next-generation inter-domain routing protocol.
KW - BGP
KW - Convergence
KW - Inter-domain routing
KW - Scalability
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U2 - 10.1145/1090191.1080095
DO - 10.1145/1090191.1080095
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33847330330
SN - 0146-4833
VL - 35
SP - 13
EP - 24
JO - Computer Communication Review
JF - Computer Communication Review
IS - 4
ER -