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LISP Architecture

Contents

  1. Seminal Idea: Location-Identity Separation
  2. Seminal Idea: Location-Identity Separation
  3. Map and Encapsulate
  4. Map and Encapsulate
  5. Demand-Based Routing and Caching
  6. Demand-Based Routing and Caching
  7. LISP Roles
  8. LISP Roles
  9. An Asset-Controlled Mapping Database
  10. An Asset-Controlled Mapping Database
  11. Networking Beyond Traditional Address Types
  12. Networking Beyond Traditional Address Types
  13. The LISP Data Plane
  14. The LISP Data Plane
  15. NAT Traversal
  16. NAT Traversal
  17. Summary
  18. Summary

Chapter Description

In this sample chapter from The LISP Network: Evolution to the Next-Generation of Data Networks, you will explore the control and data plane architecture of LISP in the context of its foundational principles and their implications in enabling networking services that augment the functionality delivered by existing networking protocols.

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Summary

LISP enables an extensible and highly scalable directory of endpoints. Although this way of thinking about a protocol is counterintuitive at first, LISP is not a routing protocol but a directory service. The LISP architecture follows a demand-based model similar to the Domain Name System and shares many of the scalability characteristics of DNS. The LISP architecture is succinct and simple, yet highly extensible. This extensibility is key in the enablement of advanced network functionality and sets LISP apart from traditional routing protocols, enabling network-centered services that would not be possible otherwise.

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