Comparison of Link-State Routing Protocols

This thesis deals with a comparison of two dynamic link-state routing protocols OSPF and IS-IS. These protocols are used to route within one autonomous system under control of one administrative entity. They are similar in theory but IS-IS seems to be much more popular in large topologies in practice. Goal of this thesis is to figure out how their properties and features manifest on given topologies on real routers and in simulations. Simulations are realized in discrete simulator OMNeT++ and real topologies are built with Cisco devices. Primary measured parameters are speed of convergence, bandwidth usage and message order. The simulation result may be affected by their implementation in INET and ANSAINET frameworks. Implementation properties of OSPF and IS-IS on Cisco devices are compared to their simulated counterparts in order to verify functionality of the simulation models