title: New MPLS network management techniques based on adaptive learning.
abstract: The combined use of the differentiated services (DiffServ) and multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) technologies is envisioned to provide guaranteed quality of service (QoS) for multimedia traffic in IP networks, while effectively using network resources. These networks need to be managed adaptively to cope with the changing network conditions and provide satisfactory QoS. An efficient strategy is to map the traffic from different DiffServ classes of service on separate label switched paths (LSPs), which leads to distinct layers of MPLS networks corresponding to each DiffServ class. In this paper, three aspects of the management of such a layered MPLS network are discussed. In particular, an optimal technique for the setup of LSPs, capacity allocation of the LSPs and LSP routing are presented. The presented techniques are based on measurement of the network state to adapt the network configuration to changing traffic conditions.
authors.affiliation: Broad-band and Wireless Networking Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. tricha@ece.iit.edu
authors.forename: Tricha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Anjali
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scoglio
authors.forename: Jaudelice Cavalcante
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013685:Telecommunications