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• TITLE: Usage of Pythagorean Triple Sequence in OSPF

  AUTHORS: Simon Tembo, Ken-ichi Yukimatsu, Shohei Kamamura, Takashi Miyamura, Kohei Shiomoto, Atsushi Hiramatsu

  KEYWORDS: MAX_METRIC; Link Shutdown; Pythagorean Triple Metric Sequence; Target Metric; Forwarding Path; Planned Failures

  JOURNAL NAME: Communications and Network, Vol.4 No.1, February 27, 2012

  ABSTRACT: Shutting down a link for the purposes of a scheduled routine maintenance does cause the forwarding path to change. If these changes are not done in a required order will cause not only transient micro loops but also an overload in some links. Currently, some ISP operators use a graceful link shutdown procedure by first setting up the Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) link metric to MAX_METRIC -1 and then shutdown the link. In this paper, we present a Pythagorean Triple Metric Sequence as a method to use to shutdown a link during such network operations. Conducting a link shutdown of any desired link for maintenance purpose is a very delicate duty that requires extreme care to prevent transient loops during such topological changes. We thus wish to demonstrate that there exists a Pythagorean Triple Metric Sequence for any given link that can be used to shutdown a link during the routine maintenance by ISPs.