Traffic Engineering an Operational Network with the TOTEM Toolbox

Authors:
S. Balon;J. Lepropre;O. Delcourt;F. Skivee;G. Leduc
Affiliations:
Res. Unit in Networking (RUN), Univ. de Liege (ULg), Liege;-;-;-;-
Venue:
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
Year:
2007

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Abstract

We explain how the TOTEM toolbox can be used to engineer an operational network. TOTEM is an open source TOolbox for Traffic Engineering Methods which covers IP- based and MPLS-based intradomain traffic engineering (TE) algorithms, but also interdomain TE. In this paper, we use the toolbox as an off-line simulator to optimise the traffic of an operational network. To help an operator choose between an IP-based or MPLS-based solution, or find the best way to load- balance a network for a given traffic, our case study compares several IP and MPLS routing algorithms, evaluates the impact of hot-potato routing on the intradomain traffic matrix, and analyses the worst-case link failure. This study reveals the power of a toolbox that federates many traffic engineering algorithms.