[mpls-linux-general] MPLS multicast Fast Reroute project

[Yvan P. <yv...@vi...>]

 Hi all,

 you might be interested in a new project which uses the MPLS-Linux
implementation: MPLS multicast Fast Reroute .

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~mngroup/projects/mpls/

 Basically, I augmented MPLS-Linux with multicast capability and coded a
simple distribution protocol to support my multicast extensions. I
designed and coded a rerouting mechanism for MPLS multicast trees. I am
making this project public on this mailing list to see the interest in
such projects in the MPLS community. Also, I may be interested in trying
to merge this project with the main MPLS project, but I realize that there
are a certain number of obstacles to this (both technical and non
technical). Please let me know if you think a merge is doable - I am aware
that I am using a fairly old version of MPLS-Linux: 0.995. Currently, we
are working on a journal article.

 The documentation for this project is a bit sparse but part 5 of my MS
thesis describes the protocol I developped: please refer to
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~mngroup/projects/mpls/documents.html for more
details.

 Again, please let me know if there is an interest in this project or even
an interest in seing this project (maybe only the MPLS multicast part ?)
be part of the MPLS-Linux effort !

 Best regards,

 Yvan
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 Yvan Pointurier                               Department of Electrical
 yv...@vi...                             and Computer Engineering
 http://www.pointurier.org                       University of Virginia