[ns] Re: IGP-TE and MPLS Constraint Based Routing, any takers ? (Was:RE: [ns] Manual routing)

[Haobo Yu <haoboy@packetdesign.com>]

If I were you I'd first see if I can get reasonably level of traffic in a
reasonably sized network before starting to write such code. Three years
ago a simple reliable multicast simulation with about 300 nodes (not
all of them are members) was enough to kill a 128MB machine. I would
assume that you need much higher load than that.

- Haobo

> -First and foremost, is there anybody out there working on this ? I
> _really_  don't like to reinvent the wheel unless I have to. Send the
> reply to me directly to avoid spraying the whole list.
>
> -Second (and this is for the main ns developers) are there any plans
> to touch these areas  ? (Just checking....)
>
> -Third and the last: Any suggestions on how to do this in a sane manner ?
> The way things are in ns is it _really_ a good idea to extend
> rtProtoLS or I'll be better off implementing a new route logic from ground
> up under RtModule/MPLS? (Again, I'm intrested in MPLS domains
> _only_. AFAIU hierarchical domains are also out of the question)
>
> Any (informed) suggestions or ideas are warmly welcomed,
>
> Florian