Benchmarking BGP Routers

Title: Benchmarking BGP Routers

Authors: Qiang Wu, Yong Liao, Tilman Wolf and Lixin Gao

Abstract: Determining which routes to use when forwarding traffic is one of the major processing tasks in the control plane of computer networks. We present a novel benchmark that evaluates the performance of the most commonly used Internet-wide routing protocol, the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Using this benchmark, we evaluate four different systems that implement BGP, including a uni-core and a dual-core workstation, an embedded network processor, and a commercial router. We present performance results for these systems under various loads of cross-traffic and explore the tradeoffs between different system architectures. Our observations help identify bottlenecks and limitations in current systems and can lead to next-generation router architectures that are better optimized for this important workload.

Published: Qiang Wu, Yong Liao, Tilman Wolf, and Lixin Gao, "Benchmarking BGP routers," in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Workload Characterization (IISWC), Boston, MA, Sept. 2007.

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BibTeX:
@inproceedings{Wu:BBG07,
  author = {Wu, Qiang and Liao, Yong and Wolf, Tilman and Gao, Lixin},
  title = {Benchmarking {BGP} Routers},
  booktitle = {Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Workload Characterization (IISWC)},
  year = 2007,
  pages = {},
  address = {Boston, MA},
  month = sep
}

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