Constella: A Complete IP Network Topology Discovery Solution

Network topology discovery for the large IP networks is a very well studied area of research. Most of the previous work focus on improving the efficiency in terms of time and completeness of network topology discovery algorithms and less attention has been given to the deployment scenarios and user centric view of network topology discovery. In this paper we propose a novel network topology discovery algorithm and a flexible architecture. The silent features of our work are loosely coupled architecture, network boundary aware architecture, discovering the transparency of dumb/incorporative elements, flexible network Visualization, and intelligent algorithm for quick response to user discovery request. To the best of our knowledge no existing solution has focused on the above mentioned requirements. After several years of research experience in developing a complete, flexible and scalable solution for network topology discovery we propose to divide it into three loosely coupled componen...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: APNOMS
• Authors: Fawad Nazir, Tallat Hussain Tarar, Faran Javed Chawla, Hiroki Suguri, Hafiz Farooq Ahmad, Arshad Ali
• Keywords: APNOMS 2007, Computer Networks, Network Topology Discovery, Topology Discovery Algorithm, Topology Discovery Solution