Topology Discovery in Large Ethernet Mesh Networks

• SON Myunghee

  RFID/USN Research Group, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

• KIM Byungchul

  Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Chungnam National University

• LEE Jaeyong

  Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Chungnam National University

抄録

Automatic discovery of physical topology plays a crucial role in enhancing the manageability of modern large Ethernet mesh networks. Despite the importance of the problem, earlier research and commercial network management tools have typically concentrated on either discovering active topology, or proprietary solutions targeting specific product families. Recent works [1]-[3] have demonstrated that physical topology can be determined using standard SNMP MIB, but these algorithms depend on Filtering Database and rely on the so-called spanning tree protocol (IEEE 802.1d) in order to break cycles, thereby avoiding the possibility of infinitely circulating packets and deadlocks. A previous work [1] requires that Filtering Database entries are completed; however it is a very critical assumption in a realistic Ethernet mesh network. In this paper, we have proposed a new topology discovery algorithm which works without the complete knowledge of Filtering Database. Our algorithm can discover complete physical topology including inactive interfaces eliminated by the spanning tree protocol in LEMNs. The effectiveness of the algorithm is demonstrated by an implementation.

収録刊行物

• IEICE transactions on communications

  IEICE transactions on communications 89 (1), 66-75, 2006-01-01

  一般社団法人電子情報通信学会

キーワード

• Ethernet
• mesh network
• physical topology
• active topology
• SNMP
• spanning tree protocol

詳細情報

• CRID: 1570009752548718208
• NII論文ID: 110003488259
• NII書誌ID: AA10826261
• ISSN: 09168516
• 本文言語コード: en
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