Date of Award

Fall 10-2012

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor Degree

Department

Computer Science

First Advisor

Petrit Shala

Language

English

Abstract

Routing protocol has a vital role in the modern communication networks. As there are various routing protocols available, it is very important to select a right protocol among them. This selection depends on several parameters such as network convergence time, network scalability and bandwidth requirements. Each of the different routing protocols, in the context of routing protocol performance, has different architecture, adaptability, route processing delays and convergence capabilities. Among them, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) is considered as one of the pre-eminent routing protocols for large networks. OSPF is dynamic routing protocols used in large networks to disseminate network topology towards the adjacent routers. OSPF is considered an open-standards protocol, with many vendors offering its implementation based on RFC 2328. This thesis tries to argue the suitability of implementing OSPF for ISPs, namely the advantages of transition from static routing to deployment of dynamic routing protocol. As a dynamic protocol, OSPF performs real-time calculations and promptly reacts to topological changes within a network, thus offering fault-tolerance if a link goes down. With the possibility of configuring multiple areas, OSPF offers scalability of the network by minimizing the routes and reducing the size of routing table.

DOI

10.33107/ubt-etd.2012.1637

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