Single Router BGP Convergence

9/7/01


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Table of Contents

Single Router BGP Convergence

Workplan-BMWG

Goal

Approach

Characterizing convergence

Convergence components 1

Convergence components 2

Convergence components 3

Terminology

Definition Process

Areas of Terminology Top-down approach

Classes of BGP-Speaking Routers

Policy

Forwarding Information Base (FIB)

Components and characteristics of routing information

Interface Events

Factors affecting performance

Methodology

Test topology

Nature of Test Devices

Issue

Types of measurements

What is being tested: single peer

What is being tested: many peers

Area of Concern

Test Streams

Early Experiments

Feedback?

Backup material

Constituent Elements

Routing Data Structures

Author: Padma Krishnaswamy