Augmenting Border Gateway Protocol with Multi-protocol Label Switching for Enhancing Network Path Restoration

Abstract

Network routing depends primarily on connectivity, which demands the insurance from protocol standards that even if one network path disconnects, the alternate path should be available in no time with minimum packet loss. The Network Path Restoration (NPR) mechanism is required after any link/node failure occurs in a network. These failures are frequent in core networks and must be handled in a quick and efficient manner with minimum packet loss. In this paper, it is proposed that augmenting Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) with Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) technology can enhance the NPR mechanism with minimum packet loss. This research work made a significant contribution to NPR. In this study, hybridization of approaches have been performed to design a new mechanism for NPR.