REVIEW ON HIGH AVAILABILITY AND FASTER CONVERGENCE IN IP NETWORKS

Abstract

This paper explains the importance of High Availability and Faster Convergence in today's Networks and the current set of high availability and faster convergence protocols and technologies used. Network Convergence and High Availability of IP networks are related with each other and both play a very important role in achieving the business continuity and to make IT works for any business. As Networks act as a base to transport the data from one part to other and most of the business units are dependent on IT for its functions to run, the paper includes those technologies and protocols that helps achieving best results to achieve around hundred percent business continuity with the help of networks. Through the studies it's been detected that BGP is best in ISP Edge Networks and BFD is most beneficial in the event where L2 Network is operating as a transit route for L3 Network, while LSA and SPF Pacing is effective to fasten the core Routing.