Open AccessA Comparative Analysis of Unicast Routing Protocols for MPLS-VPN
Author(s) -
Muhammad Farhan,
Muhammad Asif,
Maaz Bin Ahmad,
Khalid Maqsood
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
lahore garrison university research journal of computer science and information technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2521-0122
pISSN - 2519-7991
DOI - 10.54692/lgurjcsit.2019.030167
Subject(s) - computer network , unicast , computer science , routing information protocol , interior gateway protocol , open shortest path first , routing protocol , enhanced interior gateway routing protocol , link state routing protocol , multiprotocol label switching , wireless routing protocol , zone routing protocol , border gateway protocol , distributed computing , routing (electronic design automation) , multicast , quality of service
MPLS-VPN technology is introduced to provide secure transmission with minimum propagation delay. This paper presents a comparative analysis of unicast routing protocols for MPLSVPN enabled networks. The motive behind this analysis is to observe the consequence of unicast routing protocols on the performance of MPLS-VPN enabled networks and to choose most suitable routing protocol for such type of networks. To conduct the analysis, a test bed is established in GNS3 simulator. Three main unicast routing protocols i.e. Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and Routing Information Protocol (RIP) has been considered in this work. Round-Trip-Time, Jitter and Administrative-distance are used as performance measure metrics. The experimental analysis indicates that EIGRP is the most suitable protocol among the aforementioned protocols for MPLS-VPN.