Pattern for Evaluation ------------------- ------- |R1 | |R2 | | -- -- -- | | -- | ------ | |L1| |L2| |L3| | | |L4| | |R3 | | -- -- -- | | -- | | -- | | : : : | | : | | |L5| | Control ---+-----+-----+-- ---+-- | -- | Plane : : : : | : | ----------------+-----+-----+----------+------+---+--+- Data : : : : | : | Plane -- : -- -- | -- | ----|P1|--------|P3|-------|P4|-----+-|P5|-+- -- \ : / -- -- | -- | \ -- / | | |P2| ------ -- Pi is a physical node (bearer/data/transport plane) node - Li is a logical control plane entity that manages a single data plane (abstract) node; Li = logical node id or "TE router id" - Ri is a control plane "router“ e.g. (advertising) Router_IDNote: the is the (Li in the figure) - R3 represents an LSR with all components collocated. - R2 shows how the "router" component may be disjoint from the switch - R1 shows how a single "router" may manage multiple switches -------------- |R4 | | ---------- | | | L6 | | | | | | | -+------+- | ---:------:--- : : +------+------+---------+ : : ---:------:--- |P8 : : | | -- -- | --+-|P |----|P |-+-- | -- -- | -------------- abstract node |