A routing policy description language for the inter-domain routing protocol
Akihiro Murata, Masahiko Tsukamoto, Shojiro Nishio · Electronics and Communications in Japan (Part II Electronics) · 1997
The inter-domain routing protocol (IDRP) is a strategic routing control protocol designed for wide use in OSI and the Internet. In IDRP, it is possible to impose fine route control reflecting local policies regarding the operation and management of networks; however, the configuration becomes extremely complicated with an increased number of policies. In this paper, a language is designed to describe routing control policies and various necessary knowledge configurations. A tool is installed for proper configuration from the policies and knowledge described by the design language. All knowledge necessary for the configuration is described by the “is-a” relation, and an inference engine is established based on the transitive law and succession relation. In addition, descriptions of framepolicies are made possible by using the “if-then” rule. © 1998 Scripta Technica. Electron Comm Jpn Pt 2, 80(6): 58–65, 1997