FIB Suppression with Virtual Aggregation
draft-ietf-grow-va-06
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Expired Internet-Draft
(grow WG)
Expired & archived
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| Authors | Paul Francis , Xiaohu Xu , Hitesh Ballani , Dan Jen , Robert Raszuk , Lixia Zhang | ||
| Last updated | 2024-12-18 (Latest revision 2011-12-30) | ||
| Replaces | draft-francis-intra-va | ||
| RFC stream | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
| Intended RFC status | Informational | ||
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| Additional resources | Mailing list discussion | ||
| Stream | WG state | WG Document | |
| Document shepherd | (None) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | Expired | |
| Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
| Telechat date | (None) | ||
| Responsible AD | Ron Bonica | ||
| Send notices to | (None) |
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Abstract
The continued growth in the Default Free Routing Table (DFRT) stresses the global routing system in a number of ways. One of the most costly stresses is FIB size: ISPs often must upgrade router hardware simply because the FIB has run out of space, and router vendors must design routers that have adequate FIB. FIB suppression is an approach to relieving stress on the FIB by not loading selected RIB entries into the FIB. Virtual Aggregation (VA) allows ISPs to shrink the FIBs of any and all routers, easily by an order of magnitude with negligible increase in path length and load. FIB suppression can be deployed autonomously by an ISP without requiring cooperation between adjacent ISPs, and can co-exist with legacy routers in the ISP.
Authors
Paul Francis
Xiaohu Xu
Hitesh Ballani
Dan Jen
Robert Raszuk
Lixia Zhang
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