Enhance the performance of ICMP protocol by reduction the IP over ethernet naming architecture

Abstract

This study addresses the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) performance problems arising in Internet protocol (IP) over Ethernet networks. These problems arise because of the compatibility issue between two different compositional protocols: the IP and Ethernet protocol. The motivation behind addressing the compatibility problem is to improve the security and performance of networks by studying the link compatibility between the Ethernet and IP protocols. The findings of this study have given rise to proposals for modifications. A reduction in the current naming architecture design is advocated to improve the performance and security of IP over Ethernet networks. The use of the IP address, as one flat address for the naming architecture, is proposed instead of using both the IP and Media Access Control (MAC) addresses. The proposed architecture is evaluated through a simulated cancellation of the use of the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) protocol.