A routing coordination protocol in a loosely-coupled massively parallel router

Abstract

In this paper, we present an efficient routing coordination based protocol which makes use of a scalable high-performance router based upon a cluster of autonomous routers to handle the routing problems raised by the current Internet growth. We also discuss a novel proprietary protocol, which we refer to as Galaxy/spl trade/ Loosely-coupled Unified Environment (or GLUE). This protocol is based upon the idea of the open shortest path first (OSPF) routing protocol. It helps the autonomous routers to maintain a consistent routing table, and monitors the status of each router using an efficient message exchange mechanism.