An evaluation of the virtual router redundancy protocol extension with load balancing

Virtual router redundancy protocol (VRRP) is designed to eliminate the single point of failure in the static default routing environment in LAN. The original VRRP protocol does not support load balancing for both incoming and outgoing traffic. This paper describes EVRRP, i.e. enhanced VRRP. EVRRP su...

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Main Authors: Jen-Hao Kuo, Siong-Ui Te, Pang-Ting Liao, Chun-Ying Huang, Pan-Lung Tsai, Chin-Laung Lei, Sy-Yen Kuo, Yennun Huang, Zsehong Tsai
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Heart beat
Load management
Local area networks
Nominations and elections
Redundancy
Robustness
Routing protocols
Scalability
Telecommunication traffic
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Summary:Virtual router redundancy protocol (VRRP) is designed to eliminate the single point of failure in the static default routing environment in LAN. The original VRRP protocol does not support load balancing for both incoming and outgoing traffic. This paper describes EVRRP, i.e. enhanced VRRP. EVRRP supports an efficient multiple-node cluster and symmetric load balancing among routers. Each router periodically exchanges information to determine the status of the master and backups. The master router distributes and redirects the traffic to one of the backup routers by ICMP redirect message. Backup routers accept the traffic from the master and one of the backup routers takes over the master traffic using a gratuitous ARP message when the master fails. The improved election protocol speeds up the original VRRP election protocol and shortens the failover time by adding a new state in the previous VRRP state diagram and a new protocol type. An extensive evaluation of the EVRRP protocol is described in the paper.
DOI:10.1109/PRDC.2005.16