The new Multicast Repair (M‐REP) IP fast reroute mechanism

The massive development of virtualized infrastructures, Internet of Things (IoT), and Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) in recent years has led to an increase in quality requirements for the management and reliability of underlay communication networks. Existing converged networks must therefore guarantee specific quantitative and qualitative parameters of different network communication services to meet customer requirements. However, the quality of the services operated is very negatively affected by an unpredictable failure of a communication link or a network node. In such situations, communication is typically interrupted for a period that is difficult to predict, and which can lead to significant financial losses and other negative effects. Internet Protocol Fast Reroute (IP FRR) technology was developed for these reasons. The paper presents the proposal of the new Enhanced Bit Repair (EB-REP) IP FRR mechanism, which offers significant improvements over its predecessor, the B-REP mechanism. The B-REP offers protection against a single failure and only for selected critical IP flows. The EB-REP provides advanced protection against multiple failures in a protected network domain and the protection can be provided for all network flows. The EB-REP calculates alternative paths in advance based on link metrics, but also allows the construction of alternative paths independently of them. The construction of alternative FRR paths uses a standardized tunneling approach via a unique field Bit-String. Thanks to these features, EB-REP is an advanced contribution to solving IP FRR-related problems, which enables the use of EB-REP in many network deployments, but especially in network solutions that require reliable data transmission.

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“…The reactive IP Fast Reroute mechanisms include only Multicast Repair (M-REP) [57] and Enhanced M-REP [58].…”

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Enhanced Bit Repair IP Fast Reroute Mechanism for Rapid Network Recovery

2021

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“…We have been analyzing and researching FRR mechanisms for several years [ 21 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 ]. Based on the obtained results, we can summarize the most significant properties of the existing FRR mechanisms in Table 1 .…”

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“…The research question we faced was whether this modification could cause micro-loops. The verification was performed using the mathematical proof by a contradiction [ 56 ], which confirmed that the modification does not cause routing loops. However, the M-REP mechanism operates in topologies which must meet two conditions, the network topology must use point-to-point links only and the target of original protected flow must be directly connected to router D.…”

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Enhanced Multicast Repair Fast Reroute Mechanism for Smart Sensors IoT and Network Infrastructure

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Segeč

Yeremenko

et al. 2020

Sensors

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The sprawling nature of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors require the comprehensive management and reliability of the entire network. Modern Internet Protocol (IP) networks demand specific qualitative and quantitative parameters that need to be met. One of these requirements is the minimal packet loss in the network. After a node or link failure within the network, the process of network convergence will begin. This process may take an unpredictable time, mostly depending on the size and the structure of the affected network segment and the routing protocol used within the network. The categories of proposed solutions for these problems are known as Fast ReRoute (FRR) mechanisms. The majority of current Fast ReRoute mechanisms use precomputation of alternative backup paths in advance. This paper presents an Enhanced Multicast Repair (EM-REP) FRR mechanism that uses multicast technology to create an alternate backup path and does not require pre-calculation. This principle creates a unique reactive behavior in the Fast ReRoute area. The enhanced M-REP FRR mechanism can find an alternative path in the event of multiple links or nodes failing at different times and places in the network. This unique behavior can be applied in the IoT sensors area, especially in network architecture that guarantees reliability of data transfer.

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“…An overview of the basic parameters of existing FRR solutions as the output of our research in this area [ 18 , 38 , 45 , 46 , 47 ] is summarized in Table 1 . In this table, we compared the most important properties of existing FRR mechanisms such as repair coverage, proactive behavior, dependency on link-state routing protocols, and prediction.…”

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A New Bit Repair Fast Reroute Mechanism for Smart Sensors IoT Network Infrastructure

Papán

Segeč

Yeremenko

et al. 2020

Sensors

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Today’s IP networks are experiencing a high increase in used and connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices and related deployed critical services. This puts increased demands on the reliability of underlayer transport networks. Therefore, modern networks must meet specific qualitative and quantitative parameters to satisfy customer service demands in line with the most common requirements of network fault tolerance and minimal packet loss. After a router or link failure within the transport network, the network convergence process begins. This process can take an unpredictable amount of time, usually depending on the size, the design of the network and the routing protocol used. Several solutions have been developed to address these issues, where one of which is the group of so-called Fast ReRoute (FRR) mechanisms. A general feature of these mechanisms is the fact that the resilience to network connectivity failures is addressed by calculating a pre-prepared alternative path. The path serves as a backup in the event of a network failure. This paper presents a new Bit Repair (B-REP) FRR mechanism that uses a special BIER header field (Bit-String) to explicitly indicate an alternative path used to route the packet. B-REP calculates an alternative path in advance as a majority of existing FRR solutions. The advantage of B-REP is the ability to define an alternative hop-by-hop path with full repair coverage throughout the network, where, unlike other solutions, we propose the use of a standardized solution for this purpose. The area of the B-REP application is communication networks working on the principle of packet switching, which use some link-state routing protocol. Therefore, B-REP can be successfully used in the IoT solutions especially in the field of ensuring communication from sensors in order to guarantee a minimum packet loss during data transmission.

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The new Multicast Repair (M‐REP) IP fast reroute mechanism

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Enhanced Bit Repair IP Fast Reroute Mechanism for Rapid Network Recovery

Enhanced Bit Repair IP Fast Reroute Mechanism for Rapid Network Recovery

Enhanced Multicast Repair Fast Reroute Mechanism for Smart Sensors IoT and Network Infrastructure

A New Bit Repair Fast Reroute Mechanism for Smart Sensors IoT Network Infrastructure

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